Drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis of the Beijing genotype does not spread in Sweden.

Drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis of the Beijing genotype does not spread in Sweden.

BACKGROUND: Drug resistant (DR) and multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) is increasing worldwide. In some parts of the world 10% or more of new TB cases are MDR. The Beijing genotype is a distinct genetic lineage of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which is distributed worldwide, and has caused l...

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Main Authors: Solomon Ghebremichael, Ramona Groenheit, Alexandra Pennhag, Tuija Koivula, Emmi Andersson, Judith Bruchfeld, Sven Hoffner, Victoria Romanus, Gunilla Källenius
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2878347?pdf=render

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