Mycobacterium tuberculosis RD-Rio Strain in Kazakhstan

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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Main Author: Igor Mokrousov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
tuberculosis
molecular epidemiology
mycobacteria
bacteria
drug resistance
antimicrobial resistance
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/3/18-1179_article
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spelling doaj-1bf34deb4a544273a5ecbbfca39a230f2020-11-24T21:50:57ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592019-03-0125360460610.3201/eid2503.181179Mycobacterium tuberculosis RD-Rio Strain in KazakhstanIgor MokrousovMycobacterium 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.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/3/18-1179_articletuberculosismolecular epidemiologymycobacteriabacteriadrug resistanceantimicrobial resistance
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language English
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author Igor Mokrousov
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis RD-Rio Strain in Kazakhstan
Emerging Infectious Diseases
tuberculosis
molecular epidemiology
mycobacteria
bacteria
drug resistance
antimicrobial resistance
author_facet Igor Mokrousov
author_sort Igor Mokrousov
title Mycobacterium tuberculosis RD-Rio Strain in Kazakhstan
title_short Mycobacterium tuberculosis RD-Rio Strain in Kazakhstan
title_full Mycobacterium tuberculosis RD-Rio Strain in Kazakhstan
title_fullStr Mycobacterium tuberculosis RD-Rio Strain in Kazakhstan
title_full_unstemmed Mycobacterium tuberculosis RD-Rio Strain in Kazakhstan
title_sort mycobacterium tuberculosis rd-rio strain in kazakhstan
publisher Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
series Emerging Infectious Diseases
issn 1080-6040
1080-6059
publishDate 2019-03-01
description 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.
topic tuberculosis
molecular epidemiology
mycobacteria
bacteria
drug resistance
antimicrobial resistance
url https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/3/18-1179_article
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