TY - JOUR AU - Dymova, Maya A. AU - Cherednichenko, Andrey G. AU - Alkhovik, Olga I. AU - Khrapov, Eugeny A. AU - Petrenko, Tatjana I. AU - Filipenko, Maxim L. PY - 2014 DA - 2014/09/03 TI - Characterization of extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates circulating in Siberia JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 478 VL - 14 IS - 1 AB - The spread of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis compromises effective control of tuberculosis (TB) in Siberia. Early identification of drug-resistant isolates is, therefore, crucial for effective treatment of this disease. The aim of this study was to conduct drug susceptibility testing and identify mutations in drug resistance genes in clinical isolates of M. tuberculosis from some TB patients presenting for treatment in Siberia. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-478 DO - 10.1186/1471-2334-14-478 ID - Dymova2014 ER -