A phenotypic characterization of two isolates of a multidrug-resistant outbreak strain of mycobacterium tuberculosis with opposite epidemiological fitness

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, primarily affecting the lungs. The M. tuberculosis strain of the Haarlem family named M was responsible for a large multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) outbreak in Buenos Aires. This outbreak started in the early 1990s and...

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Main Authors:	Bei, Jinlong, Bigi, María Mercedes, Lima, Analía, Zhang, Qi, Blanco, Federico Carlos, López, Beatriz, Yu, Ting, Wang, Zhilin, Dai, Zhangyan, Chen, Zhuang, Cataldi, Angel Adrian, Sasiain, María del Carmen, Ritacco, Viviana, De la Barrera, Silvia Susana, Soria, Marcelo Abel, Durán, Rosario, Bigi, Fabiana
Format:	Artículo
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Hindawi 2020
Subjects:	Genetic Isolation Drug Resistance Biological Properties Aislamiento Genético Resistencia a Medicamentos Mycobacterium tuberculosis Propiedades Biológicas Molecular Properties Propiedades Moleculares
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/7980 https://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2020/4741237/ https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/4741237