Drug susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype and association with MDR TB.
Publication year
2012Source
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 18, 4, (2012), pp. 660-3ISSN
Annotation
01 april 2012
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

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Organization
Clinical Pharmacy
Pulmonary Diseases
Medical Microbiology
Journal title
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume
vol. 18
Issue
iss. 4
Page start
p. 660
Page end
p. 3
Subject
N4i 3: Poverty-related infectious diseases; N4i 3: Poverty-related infectious diseases NCEBP 13: Infectious diseases and international health; N4i 3: Poverty-related infectious diseases NCMLS 1: Infection and autoimmunityAbstract
To determine differences in the ability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains to withstand antituberculosis drug treatment, we compared the activity of antituberculosis drugs against susceptible Beijing and East-African/Indian genotype M. tuberculosis strains. Beijing genotype strains showed high rates of mutation within a wide range of drug concentrations, possibly explaining this genotype's association with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
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