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 Authors: Skiba, Yuriy, Mokrousov, Igor, Nabirova, Dilyara, Vyazovaya, Anna, Maltseva, Elina, Malakhova, Natalya, Ismagulova, Gulnara, Pole, Ilva, Ranka, Renate, Sapiyeva, Zhanar, Ismailov, Shakhimurat, Moffett, Daphne
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Research Letter
Northwest Russia
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6390763/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30789328
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2503.181179
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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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