Multidrug- and Extensively Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing Clades, Ukraine, 2015

Multidrug- and Extensively Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing Clades, Ukraine, 2015

Multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB) is an emerging threat to TB control in Ukraine, a country with the third highest XDR TB burden globally. We used whole-genome sequencing of a convenience sample to identify bacterial genetic and patient-related factors...

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Main Authors: Matthias Merker, Elena Nikolaevskaya, Thomas A. Kohl, Barbara Molina-Moya, Olha Pavlovska, Patrik Brännberg, Andrii Dudnyk, Valentyna Stokich, Ivan Barilar, Iryna Marynova, Tetiana Filipova, Cristina Prat, Anders Sjöstedt, Jose Dominguez, Olena Rzhepishevska, Stefan Niemann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
tuberculosis
drug resistance
whole-genome sequencing
contact tracing
MDR TB
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/3/19-0525_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/3/19-0525_article

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