posted on 2023-05-20, 16:32authored byGautam, SS, Leong, KWC, Pradhan, M, Ibotomba Singh, Y, Rajbhandari, SK, Ghimire, GR, Adhikari, K, Shrestha, U, Chaudhary, R, Ghimire, G, Khadka, S, O'Toole, RF
Extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis has become a challenge to the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) in several countries, including Nepal. Here, we report for the first time the draft genome sequence of an isolate of XDR-TB collected in Nepal and describe single-nucleotide variations associated with its extensively drug-resistant phenotype.