Abstract
On detecting a high prevalence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in Djibouti, 32 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates of patients hospitalised in the TB referral centre of the capital were genotyped. A high variety of M. tuberculosis lineages, including lineage 1, Indo-Oceanic, lineage 2, East-Asian, lineage 3, East-African Indian and lineage 4, Euro-American, were detected.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
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Bacteriological Techniques*
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DNA, Bacterial / genetics*
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Djibouti / epidemiology
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Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / genetics
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Evolution, Molecular
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Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis / diagnosis
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Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis / drug therapy
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Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis / epidemiology
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Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis / microbiology*
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Genotype
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Hospitalization
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Humans
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Microbial Sensitivity Tests
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis / classification
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics*
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
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Phenotype
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Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Prevalence
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Sputum / microbiology
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Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / diagnosis
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Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / drug therapy
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Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / epidemiology
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Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / microbiology*
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Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis
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Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / drug therapy
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Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / epidemiology
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Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / microbiology*
Substances
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Antitubercular Agents
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DNA, Bacterial