Objective: The Beijing strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is controversially
presented as the predominant genotype and is more drug resistant to rifampicin and …

Objective To explore the correlation between Beijing genotype (Beijing family) strains of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and drug resistance. Methods A computer retrieval of …

Tuberculosis (TB) is still one of the leading causes of worldwide death, especially following
the emergence of strains resistant to isoniazid (INH) and rifampicin (RIF). This study aimed …

OBJECTIVE: To analyse possible associations of specific mutations conferring rifampicin
(RMP) and isoniazid (INH) resistance with Beijing and non Beijing genotype strains of …

Antibiotic resistance is a serious problem that poses a major challenge to tuberculosis
control worldwide. Many developing countries still struggle with this infection in term of …

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 …

Abstract A SYBR Green I-based real-time quantitative PCR assay was utilized using senX3-
regX3 and IS 6110 as targets to identify Mycobacterium tuberculosis in 135 clinical samples …

Objective To investigate the characteristics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) gene
mutation which are related with drug resistance to five first-line anti-tuberculosis drugs and …

Background As the epidemic of MDR-TB and XDR-TB becomes increasingly severe, it is
important to determine the clinical characteristics and molecular epidemiology of MDR-TB …

Investigations on the genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in China have shown
that Beijing genotype strains play a dominant role. To study the association between the M …