Mycobacterium tuberculosis RD-Rio Strain in Kazakhstan

Mycobacterium tuberculosis RD-Rio strains are still rare in the former Soviet Union countries and Asia. We describe a strain in Kazakhstan that belongs to the RD-Rio secondary branch, which is endemic to northwest Russia and eastern Europe. Although RD-Rio strains are frequently multidrug resistant,...

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Published in:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Author: Igor Mokrousov
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
Subjects:
tuberculosis
molecular epidemiology
mycobacteria
bacteria
drug resistance
antimicrobial resistance
Medicine
R
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Northwest Russia
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2503.181179
https://doaj.org/article/1bf34deb4a544273a5ecbbfca39a230f
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Summary:Mycobacterium tuberculosis RD-Rio strains are still rare in the former Soviet Union countries and Asia. We describe a strain in Kazakhstan that belongs to the RD-Rio secondary branch, which is endemic to northwest Russia and eastern Europe. Although RD-Rio strains are frequently multidrug resistant, this heterogeneous branch included only drug-susceptible isolates.

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