Despite development of preventive and controlling strategies regarding infectious diseases,
they are still considered as one of the most significant leading causes of morbidity and …

Introduction: Prevalence of TB and MDR-TB varies considerably among various regions of
World Health Organization (WHO) and also among individual countries within each region …

To date, a major attention was justly given to the global lineages of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis. Here, we demonstrated an importance of the minor ones, on an example of …

Introduction Globally, the highest burden of bovine and human tuberculosis resides in Africa
and Asia. Tuberculosis (TB) is the second leading single infectious killer after severe acute …

Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) still remains an important public health problem in Iran. The
genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates is expected to lead to a better …

Tuberculosis, in particular drug-resistant tuberculosis, is of global concern due to the high
mortality and morbidity associated with it annually. The aim of this study was to determine …

Background: The spread of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is one of the major public health
problems through the world. Surveillance of anti-TB drug resistance is essential for …

Antimicrobial drug resistance creates major problems in the control of tuberculosis (TB).
Beijing and Haarlem genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are the prevalent genotypes …

Mycobacterium simiae is one of the most common nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM)
microorganisms causing lung disease in many countries in the world. A reliable estimate of …

INTRODUCTION Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) isolates by DNA
fingerprinting has contributed to tuberculosis (TB) control. The aim of this study was to …