Antibiotic-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains are threatening progress in
containing the global tuberculosis epidemic. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is intrinsically …

Background Tuberculosis is a bacterial infectious disease, which affects different parts of a
human body, mainly lungs and can lead to the patient's death. The aim of this study is to …

Epidemics of drug-resistant bacteria emerge worldwide, even as resistant strains frequently
have reduced fitness compared to their drug-susceptible counterparts. Data from model …

Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) strains represent a
major threat for tuberculosis (TB) control. Treatment of MDR-TB patients is long and less …

Crises caused by armed conflict, forced population displacement, or natural disasters result
in high rates of excess morbidity and mortality from infectious diseases. Many of these crises …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis variant Beijing B0/W148 is regarded as a successful clone of M.
tuberculosis that is widespread in the former Soviet Union and respective immigrant …

Background Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), the causative agent of
tuberculosis (TB), is characterized by low sequence diversity making this bacterium one of …

High rates and transmission of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) have been
associated with the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) Beijing lineage, pointing …

Abstract Background Although Ethiopia ranks seventh among the world's 22 high-burden
tuberculosis (TB) countries, little is known about strain diversity and transmission. In this …

Genotyping of clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) strains has become a
standard tool for epidemiological tracing and for the investigation of the local and global …