Mycobacterium tuberculosis RD-Rio Strain in Kazakhstan

Mycobacterium tuberculosis RD-Rio strains are still rare in the former Soviet Union countries and Asia. We describe a strain in Kazakhstan that belongs to the RD-Rio secondary branch, which is endemic to northwest Russia and eastern Europe. Although RD-Rio strains are frequently multidrug resistant,...

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Autores principales: Skiba, Yuriy, Mokrousov, Igor, Nabirova, Dilyara, Vyazovaya, Anna, Maltseva, Elina, Malakhova, Natalya, Ismagulova, Gulnara, Pole, Ilva, Ranka, Renate, Sapiyeva, Zhanar, Ismailov, Shakhimurat, Moffett, Daphne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6390763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30789328
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2503.181179
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Sumario:Mycobacterium tuberculosis RD-Rio strains are still rare in the former Soviet Union countries and Asia. We describe a strain in Kazakhstan that belongs to the RD-Rio secondary branch, which is endemic to northwest Russia and eastern Europe. Although RD-Rio strains are frequently multidrug resistant, this heterogeneous branch included only drug-susceptible isolates.

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