Additional drug resistance for Mycobacterium tuberculosis during turnaround time for drug-susceptibility testing in China: A multicenter observational cohort study

Background: Although phenotypic drug susceptibility testing (DST) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) takes up to 6–8 weeks, little is known about how drug susceptibility is affected during this period. Methods: We performed a prospective cohort study to investigate the development of drug resistanc...

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Main Authors: Jiahui Zhu, Ziwei Bao, Yan Xie, Jim Werngren, Yi Hu, Lina Davies Forsman, Judith Bruchfeld, Sven Hoffner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-07-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971221003386