Acid-Fast Bacilli Conversion of Beijing and Non-Beijing Strain of Pulmonary Tuberculosis In South Sulawesi

• Main Authors: Syahridha, Ni Made Mertaniasih, Sustini Florentini, Soedarsono
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Institute of Tropical Disease Universitas Airlangga 2019
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RZ Other systems of medicine
• Online Access: http://repository.unair.ac.id/94908/1/Acid-Fast%20Bacilli%20conversion%20.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/94908/2/Acid-Fast%20Bacilli%20Conversion%20of%20Beijing%20and%20Non-Beijing%20Strain%20of%20Pulmonary%20Tuberculosis%20in%20South%20Sulawesi.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/94908/3/Acid-Fast%20Bacilli%20Conversion%20of%20Beijing%20and%20Non-Beijing%20Strain%20of%20Pulmonary%20Tuberculosis%20in%20South%20Sulawesi.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/94908/; https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/IJTID/article/view/9670; http://dx.doi.org/10.20473/ijtid.v7i5.9670
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

Beijing strains are a major part of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Asian phylogenetic lineage. Beijing strains represent about 50% of all TB strains in East Asia and at least 13% of strains worldwide. Beijing strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is presumed as the factor of the increase in bacteria...