TY - JOUR AU - Gonzalo, Ximena AU - Ambroggi, Marta AU - Cordova, Ezequiel AU - Brown, Tim AU - Poggi, Susana AU - Drobniewski, Francis T1 - Molecular Epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Buenos Aires, Argentina T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2011 VL - 17 IS - 3 SP - 528 SN - 1080-6059 AB - To analyze the molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains at a hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and mutations related to multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, we conducted a prospective case–control study. Our findings reinforce the value of incorporating already standardized molecular methods for rapidly detecting resistance. KW - Tuberculosis KW - tuberculosis and other mycobacteria KW - molecular epidemiology KW - drug resistance KW - Argentina KW - Mycobacterium tuberculosis KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1703.100394 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/3/10-0394_article ER - End of Reference