Genomic profiling of mycobacterium tuberculosis strains, Myanmar

• Main Authors: Aung, Htin Lin, Nyunt, Wint Wint, Fong, Yang, Biggs, Patrick J., Winkworth, Richard C., Lockhart, Peter J., Yeo, Tsin Wen, Hill, Philip C., Cook, Gregory M., Aung, Si Thu
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Science::Medicine; Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis; Susceptibility
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/153762
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Multidrug resistance is a major threat to global elimination of tuberculosis (TB). We performed phenotypic drug-susceptibility testing and whole-genome sequencing for 309 isolates from 342 consecutive patients who were given a diagnosis of TB in Yangon, Myanmar, during July 2016. June 2018. We ident...