Predominance of Beijing genotype in extensively drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from a tertiary care hospital in New Delhi, India

Predominance of Beijing genotype in extensively drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from a tertiary care hospital in New Delhi, India

Out of a total of 311 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from sputum specimens subjected to first- and second-line drug-susceptibility testing (DST) at a hospital serving as a referral center for chronic tuberculosis (TB) cases in New Delhi, 232/311 (74.6%) isolates were found to be resistant to is...

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Main Authors: Jyoti Arora, Manpreet Bhalla, Zeeshan Sidiq, Prabha Lal, Digamber Behera, Nalin Rastogi, Vithal Prasad Myneedu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mycobacteriology
Subjects:
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Spoligotyping
Extensively drug resistant TB
Multidrug-resistant TB
Online Access:http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2013;volume=2;issue=2;spage=109;epage=113;aulast=Arora

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