| multi-drug resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis complex genetic diversity and clues on recent transmission in punjab, pakistan. | multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (mdr-tb), i.e. bacilli resistant to rifampicin (rif) and isoniazid (inh), is a major public health concern in pakistan according to who estimates (3.5% and 32% of new and retreated cases, respectively). previous pakistanis reports identified a correlation between being mdr and belonging to beijing or eai lineages in one study, and belonging to "h4"-ural euro-american sublineage in another study. in addition, mdr-tb transmission was suspected in karachi. we teste ... | 2014 | 24981519 |