Frequency of first and second-line drug resistance-associated mutations among resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from São Paulo, Brazil
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 115 (), 2020
BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and the number of new cases of multidrug resistant TB (MDR-TB), pre extensively drug-resistant TB (pre-XDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) has increased considerably worldwide. OBJEC...
Antituberculosos/farmacología, Brasil, Farmacorresistencia Bacteriana Múltiple/genética, Tuberculosis Extensivamente Resistente a Drogas/microbiología, Pruebas de Sensibilidad Microbiana, Persona de Mediana Edad, Mutación/genética, Mycobacterium tuberculosis/efectos de los fármacos, Mycobacterium tuberculosis/genética, Mycobacterium tuberculosis/aislamiento & purificación, Factores Socioeconómicos, Tuberculosis Resistente a Múltiples Medicamentos/microbiología