Prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype and its association with drug resistance in North India

• Main Authors: Jitendra P. Mathuria (Author), Govind N. Srivastava (Author), Pragya Sharma (Author), Bharat L. Mathuria (Author), Sanjay Ojha (Author), Vishwa M. Katoch (Author), Shampa Anupurba (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The global presence and rapid dissemination of Beijing genotype of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, makes it an important issue of public health. Its presence and association with multi-drug resistance has been shown in many settings. In present study we tried to find its prevalence and association with...