Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis that is
resistant to both isoniazid and rifampicin with or without resistance to other drugs, is a …

The increasing availability of DNA-sequence information for multiple pathogenic and non-
pathogenic variants of individual bacterial species has indicated that both DNA acquisition …

Abstract Background The Direct Repeat locus of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
(MTC) is a member of the CRISPR (Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic …

We analyzed a global collection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains using 212 single
nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers. SNP nucleotide diversity was high (average …

Background The present study measured the community prevalence and risk factors of adult
pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in Chennai city, and also studied geographical distribution …

Background Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), is
one of the major causes of death in the world today. Although China has the second largest …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis variant Beijing B0/W148 is regarded as a successful clone of M.
tuberculosis that is widespread in the former Soviet Union and respective immigrant …

Background. There is limited information on the relative proportion of reactivation and
reinfection at the time of recurrence among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected …

Evolution of the direct repeat region in Mycobacterium tuberculosis has created unique
spoligotype signatures specifically associated with IS 6110-defined strain families …

Beijing/W genotype Mycobacterium tuberculosis is widespread, may be increasing, and may
have a predilection for drug resistance. Individual-level data on> 29,000 patients from 49 …