Mycobacterium tuberculosis RD-Rio Strain in Kazakhstan.

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Skiba Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6390763 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature