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- Title
Genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in China and Missing Links in the Chain of Ongoing Transmission of Tuberculosis.
- Authors
Arend, Sandra M.; van Soolingen, Dick
- Abstract
The article focuses on genotyping of mycobacterium tuberculosis in China. Topics discussed include the rising rate of tuberculosis cases in China, it states that the reason behind the rising rate is the use of insensitive Ziehl-Neelsen microscopy in the treatment, although there is a progress in the campaign against tuberculosis in China as the rate of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis is high, MDR drugs include bedaquiline and delamanid.
- Subjects
TUBERCULOSIS prevention; MULTIDRUG-resistant tuberculosis; TUBERCULOSIS complications; ZIEHL-Neelsen stain; MICROSCOPY; PREVENTION; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2015, Vol 61, Issue 2, p228
- ISSN
1058-4838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/cid/civ259