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.
History
Publication title
Microbiology Resource Announcements
Volume
9
Issue
4
Pagination
1-2
ISSN
2576-098X
Department/School
Tasmanian School of Medicine
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Place of publication
United States
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