Background In the last decades, the molecular epidemiological investigation of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis has significantly increased our understanding of tuberculosis …

In order to evaluate the discriminatory power of different methods for genotyping of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) isolates, we compared the performance of (i) …

Introduction Antitubercular drug resistance strain is a horrifying barrier to effective TB
treatment and prevention. The present study aimed to determine the prevalence and …

Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is a major challenge to TB control strategy worldwide.
Analysis of genetic polymorphism among drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) …

Background The most prevalent strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) in Beijing
belong to the Beijing genotype family. The influence of Beijing genotype prevalence on the …

Background Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious problem in China. While there have been some
studies on the nationwide genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis), there …

The predominant prevalent Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) lineage was the Beijing
genotype family in Beijing. There has been no systematic study on the association between …

The aim of this study was to explore the frequency and distribution of gene mutations that
are related to isoniazid (INH) and rifampin (RIF)-resistance in the strains of the multidrug …

Background Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem in Nepal. Strain variation in
Mycobacterium tuberculosis may influence the outcome of TB infection and disease. To …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype strains are widespread globally. However,
there has been no systematic study on the association between Beijing genotype and the …