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Clinical use of whole genome sequencing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) remains a major challenge to global health and to healthcare in the UK. In 2014, a total of 6,520 cases of TB were recorded in England, of which 1.4 % were multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB). Extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) occurs at a much lower rate, but the im...

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Autores principales: Witney, Adam A., Cosgrove, Catherine A., Arnold, Amber, Hinds, Jason, Stoker, Neil G., Butcher, Philip D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4804576/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27004841
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-016-0598-2