Frequency of mutations associated with resistance to first- and second-line drugs in multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates

Introduction: Tuberculosis is considered one of the most fatal diseases worldwide, with an estimation of 10.1 million cases. In this study, whole-genome sequencing was used to determine the genomic characterisation of 40 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from patients with different nationalities...

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Main Authors: Ibrahim Bitar, Matej Medvecky, Jana Amlerova, Costas C. Papagiannitsis, Jaroslav Hrabak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-09-01
Series:Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213716520300771