Molecular profiling of drug resistant isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil

Drug resistance is a global threat and one of the main contributing factors to tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks. The goal of this study was to analyse the molecular profile of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) in the state of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil. Fifty-three MDR Mycobacterium tuberculosis cli...

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Published in:	Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Main Authors:	Rodrigo Ivan Prim, Marcos André Schörner, Simone Gonçalves Senna, Christiane Lourenço Nogueira, Anna Carolina Cançado Figueiredo, Jaquelline Germano de Oliveira, Darcita Bürger Rovaris, Maria Luiza Bazzo
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2015-07-01
Subjects:	tuberculosis MDR-TB rpoB spoligotyping MIRU
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762015000500618&tlng=en