First insight into the drug resistance pattern of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Dohuk, Iraq: Using spoligotyping and MIRU-VNTR to characterize multidrug resistant strains

• Autors principals: Muayad A. Merza (Autor), Parissa Farnia (Autor), Ahmad M. Salih (Autor), Mohammad Reza Masjedi (Autor), Ali Akbar Velayati (Autor)
• Format: Llibre
• Publicat: Elsevier, 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Matèries: article
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Summary: The objectives of this study were to determine drug resistance pattern in new and previously treated tuberculosis (TB) patients, to assess function of TB control program, and to characterize multidrug resistant TB (MDR-TB) by molecular fingerprinting methods. Anti-micorbial susceptibility t...