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Abstract
Multidrug-resistant (MDR)--and extensively drug-resistant (XDR)--forms of tuberculosis are growing public health problems. Mathematical models predict that the future of the MDR and XDR tuberculosis epidemics depends in part on the competitive fitness of drug-resistant strains. Here, recent experimental and molecular epidemiological data that illustrate how heterogeneity among drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis can influence the relative fitness and transmission of this pathogen are reviewed.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19220360 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02685.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Microbiol Infect ISSN: 1198-743X Impact factor: 8.067