Molecular characterization of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MDR-TB) isolates identifies local transmission of infection in Kuwait, a country with a low incidence of TB and MDR-TB

BACKGROUND: Increasing incidence of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections is hampering global tuberculosis control efforts. Kuwait is a low-tuberculosis-incidence country, and ~ 1% of M. tuberculosis strains are resistant to rifampicin and isoniazid (MDR-TB). This study detected...

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Autores principales: Al-Mutairi, Noura M., Ahmad, Suhail, Mokaddas, Eiman M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6894303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31806020
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40001-019-0397-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6894303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31806020
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40001-019-0397-2

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