Primary Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in 2 Regions, Eastern Siberia, Russian Federation

Primary Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in 2 Regions, Eastern Siberia, Russian Federation

Of 235 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from patients who had not received tuberculosis treatment in the Irkutsk oblast and the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), eastern Siberia, 61 (26%) were multidrug resistant. A novel strain, S 256, clustered among these isolates and carried eis-related kanamycin res...

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Main Authors: Svetlana Zhdanova, Scott K. Heysell, Oleg Ogarkov, Galina Boyarinova, Galina Alexeeva, Suporn Pholwat, Elena Zorkaltseva, Eric R. Houpt, Eugeniy Savilov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-10-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
tuberculosis
multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
MDR-TB
HIV
Siberia
Russian Federation
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/10/12-1108_article

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