Insight into multidrug-resistant Beijing genotype Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Myanmar

Objectives: Myanmar is a World Health Organization high tuberculosis (TB) burden country with a high multidrug-resistant (MDR)-TB burden. Of significance, a high prevalence of the Beijing genotype of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) among MDR-MTB has been reported previously. A detailed genetic char...

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Main Authors: Lai Lai Sun, Khin Saw Aye, Thida Oo Nan Aye, Mu Mu Shwe, Yukari Fukushima, Stephen V. Gordon, Yasuhiko Suzuki, Chie Nakajima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-11-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971218344448