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Clin. Microbiol. Infect. · Jun 2011
ReviewMolecular epidemiology of multidrug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
- W Sougakoff.
- National Reference Centre for Mycobacteria (CNR-MyRMA), Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Hygiène, UPMC, ER5, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France. wladimir.sougakoff@upmc.fr
- Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 2011 Jun 1; 17 (6): 800-5.
AbstractGenotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been extensively used for investigating epidemics of multidrug-resistant strains of M. tuberculosis, in order to identify the factors involved in the transmission of such strains and determine effective control programmes to limit their expansion at both the individual and population levels. Here, we review the methods currently used to study the molecular epidemiology of multidrug-resistant M. tuberculosis strains, and the insights provided by these techniques regarding global trends and the transmission dynamics of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis at a world scale.2011 The Author. Clinical Microbiology and Infection; 2011 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
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