MIRU-VNTR typing of drug-resistant tuberculosis isolates in Greece

The increasing immigration rate in Greece from countries with a high prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) may have an impact οn the number of MDR-TB cases in Greece. The aim of this study was to genotypically characterize the MTB isolates from...

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Main Authors: Nikoletta Rovina, Simona Karabela, Pantelis Constantoulakis, Vassiliki Michou, Konstantinos Konstantinou, Vassileios Sgountzos, Charis Roussos, Nikolaos Poulakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2011-08-01
Series:Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1753465811402120