Dominant incidence of multidrug and extensively drug-resistant specific Mycobacterium tuberculosis clones in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

Dominant incidence of multidrug and extensively drug-resistant specific Mycobacterium tuberculosis clones in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

Infection and transmission of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MDR-Mtb) and extensively drug-resistant M. tuberculosis (XDR-Mtb) is a serious health problem. We analyzed a total of 1,110 Mtb isolates in Osaka Prefecture and neighboring areas from April 2000 to March 2009. A total of 8...

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Main Authors: Aki Tamaru, Chie Nakajima, Takayuki Wada, Yajun Wang, Manabu Inoue, Ryuji Kawahara, Ryoji Maekura, Yuriko Ozeki, Hisashi Ogura, Kazuo Kobayashi, Yasuhiko Suzuki, Sohkichi Matsumoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3432034?pdf=render

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