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

Stefan Panaiotov et al.
Oct. 22, 2014, 8:43 p.m.

Abstract

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%.

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Source: EID journal