Mycobacterial diversity causing multi-and extensively drugresistant tuberculosis in Djibouti, Horn of Africa
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Volume 20, No. 2, Year 2016
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On detecting a high prevalence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in Djibouti, 32 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates of patients hospitalised in the TB referral centre of the capital were genotyped. A high variety of M. tuberculosis lineages, including lineage 1, Indo-Oceanic, lineage 2, East-Asian, lineage 3, East-African Indian and lineage 4, Euro-American, were detected.