CDC - Rifampin- and Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Russian Civilians and Prison Inmates: Dominance of the Beijing Strain Family

Volume 8, Number 11, November 2002

Research

Rifampin- and Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Russian Civilians and Prison Inmates: Dominance of the Beijing Strain Family

Francis Drobniewski,* Yanina Balabanova,* Michael Ruddy,* Laura Weldon,* Katya Jeltkova,† Timothy Brown,* Nadezdna Malomanova,‡ Elvira Elizarova,‡ Alexander Melentyey,§ Ebgeny Mutovkin,§ Svetlana Zhakharova,‡ and Ivan Fedorin‡
*Guy's King's and St Thomas' Medical School, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom; †Central Tuberculosis Research Institute, Moscow, Russian Federation; ‡Samara Oblast Dispensary, Samara City, Russian Federation; and §Samara Prison TB Service, Samara City, Russian Federation


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	Figure. IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of isolates from a dominant variable number tandem repeat group of Beijing family isolates at all sites, Samara, Russia. M indicates Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain MT14323. Isolates were from all five sites including the prison (tracks 13, 16,18, and 20).

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