Rifampin- and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Russian civilians and prison inmates: dominance of the Beijing strain family. (Research)

Authors :: Drobniewski, Francis
Balabanova, Yanina
Ruddy, Michael
Weldon, Laura
Jeltkova, Katya
Brown, Timothy
Malomanova, Nadezdna
Elizarova, Elvira
Melentyey, Alexander
Mutovkin, Ebgeny
Zhakharova, Svetlana
Fedorin, Ivan
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases. Nov, 2002, Vol. 8 Issue 11, p1320, 7 p.
Publication Year :: 2002
Abstract: Consecutive patient cultures (140) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis were collected from five Russian civilian and prison tuberculosis laboratories and analyzed for rifampin (rpoB) and isoniazid resistance (inhA, katG, ahpC); transmission of [...]

Subjects :: Tuberculosis -- Research
Drug resistance -- Research
Mycobacteria -- Research
Mycobacterium
Rifampin -- Research
Isoniazid -- Research
Russia -- Health aspects

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