On the onset and dispersal of a major MDR TB clone among HIV-negative patients, Tunisia
ConclusionsWGS allowed refining our understanding of the emergence and evolution of the largest MDR TB outbreak in Tunisia, whose causative strain has been circulating silently for almost 26 years before. Our study lends further support to the critical role of prisons-related cases in the early spread of the outbreak among the general population. The shift to an XDR phenotype of such an epidemic clone prompts an urgent need to undertake drastic control measures.
Source: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research
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