Open AccessAssess drug resistance pattern and genetic profile of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates by molecular typing methods using direct repeats and IS6110 in pulmonary tuberculosis cases
Author(s) -
Deepika Kalo,
Surya Kant,
Kirti Srivastava,
Ajay Sharma
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.201314
Subject(s) - medicine , mycobacterium tuberculosis , typing , tuberculosis , drug resistance , pulmonary tuberculosis , microbiology and biotechnology , virology , pathology , biology
Tuberculosis (TB), a highly contagious disease that sees no gender, age, or race is mainly a disease of lungs. According to World Health Organization, a TB patient can be completely cured with 6-9 months of anti-TB treatment under directly observed treatment short course.