Beijing Lineage of MDR Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Bulgaria, 2007–2011

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Panaiotov, Stefan ; Bachiyska, Elizabeta ; Yordanova, Stanislava ; Atanasova, Yuliana ; Brankova, Nadia ; Levterova, Viktoria ; Sengstake, Sarah ; Anthony, Richard ; Bergval, Indra ; Sola, Christophe ; Kantardjiev, Todor
• Description:
  To assess the spread of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype among patients with multidrug-resistant and extensively resistant tuberculosis in Bulgaria, we genotyped 188 (72%) of 261 microbiologically confirmed resistant isolates obtained during 2007-2011. The estimated prevalence of the Beijing genotype among these patients was 3.2%.
• Subjects:
  Beijing Lineage Beijing Lineage Of MDR Mycobacterium Tuberculosis In Bulgaria, 2007–2011 Bulgaria Dispatch Genotype MDR TB Tuberculosis Tuberculosis And Other Mycobacteria XDR TB
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 20(11):1899-1901.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  20
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:52f0b65a6f19dd47efb183689afb67e6f419cfb7b0e2bb6284508874de792066
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/25931/cdc_25931_DS1.pdf
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