Drug resistance and population structure of M.tuberculosis isolates from prisons and communities in Ethiopia

Drug resistance and population structure of M.tuberculosis isolates from prisons and communities in Ethiopia

Abstract Background The population structure and drug resistance pattern of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) isolates in Ethiopian prisons and some communities is still unknown. Methods A comparative cross sectional study was conducted on 126 MTBC strains isolated from prisons and communiti...

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Main Authors: Solomon Ali, Patrick Beckert, Abraham Haileamlak, Andreas Wieser, Michael Pritsch, Norbert Heinrich, Thomas Löscher, Michael Hoelscher, Stefan Niemann, Andrea Rachow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-11-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
TB genotypes
Drug resistance
TB in Ethiopia
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-016-2041-x

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