Antibiotic-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains are threatening progress in
containing the global tuberculosis epidemic. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is intrinsically …

Tuberculosis (TB) was announced as a global emergency in 1993. There was an alarming
counter attack of TB worldwide. However, when it was known that TB can be cured …

Abstract Drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) remains a significant challenge in TB treatment and
control programmes worldwide. Advances in sequencing technology have significantly …

Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious public health problem worldwide. Its situation is worsened by
the presence of multidrug resistant (MDR) strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the …

Abstract Treatment of tuberculosis (TB) has been a therapeutic challenge because of not
only the naturally high resistance level of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to antibiotics but also …

Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), including multi-and extensively drug-resistant TB, is
posing a significant challenge to effective treatment and TB control worldwide. New progress …

Tuberculosis (TB) is a formidable infectious disease that remains a major cause of death
worldwide today. Escalating application of genomic techniques has expedited the …

Infectious diseases caused by clinically important Mycobacteria continue to be an important
public health problem worldwide primarily due to emergence of drug resistance crisis. In …

Molecular typing has revolutionized epidemiological studies of infectious diseases,
including those of a mycobacterial etiology. With the advent of fingerprinting techniques …

Bacterial factors favoring the unprecedented multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
epidemic in the former Soviet Union remain unclear. We utilized whole genome sequencing …