@article {10.3844/ajidsp.2014.174.178,
article_type = {journal},
title = {Circulation of Multidrug-Resistant (MDR) and Extensively Drug-Resistant (XDR) Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Strains in Mexico},
author = {Vazquez-Chacon, Carlos A. and Martinez-Guarneros, Armando and Campos, Susana Balandrano and Herrera, Julieta Luna and Bäcker, Claudia and Gonçalves Rossi, Livia Maria and Ruiz-Tovar, Karina and Fonseca-Coronado, Salvador and Carpio-Pedroza, Juan C. and Vaughan, Gilberto and Escobar-Gutierrez, Alejandro},
volume = {10},
number = {4},
year = {2015},
month = {Jan},
pages = {174-178},
doi = {10.3844/ajidsp.2014.174.178},
url = {https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajidsp.2014.174.178},
abstract = {Emergence of Extensively Drug-Resistant (XDR) Tuberculosis (TB) is an important public health problem worldwide. In Mexico, the extent of circulation of XDR-TB strains is unknown. Here, the drug-resistance patterns of TB isolates collected in Mexico between 2006 and 2008 were analyzed. Among 137 TB isolates, (58%) were classified as MDR exclusively, (33%) were Pre-XDR and (9%) were assigned as XDR. The results confirmed the circulation of Pre-XDR and XDR-TB in Mexico. Surveillance and drug-susceptibility testing should be improved in Mexico to monitor the circulation of XDR strains.},
journal = {American Journal of Infectious Diseases},
publisher = {Science Publications}
}