The non-clonality of drug resistance in Beijing-genotype isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the Western Cape of South Africa

BACKGROUND: The Beijing genotype of M. tuberculosis is a virulent strain that is disseminating worldwide and has a strong association with drug resistance. In the Western Cape of South Africa, epidemiological studies have identified the R220 cluster of the Beijing genotype as a major contributor to...

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Autores principales: Ioerger, Thomas R, Feng, Yicheng, Chen, Xiaohua, Dobos, Karen M, Victor, Thomas C, Streicher, Elizabeth M, Warren, Robin M, Gey van Pittius, Nicolaas C, Van Helden, Paul D, Sacchettini, James C
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3091785/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21110864
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-11-670

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3091785/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21110864
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-11-670

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