The recent rapid expansion of multidrug resistant Ural lineage Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Moldova
Chitwood M, Colijn C, Yang C, Crudu V, Ciobanu N, Codreanu A, Kim J, Rancu I, Rhee K, Cohen T, Sobkowiak B. The recent rapid expansion of multidrug resistant Ural lineage Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Moldova. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 2962. PMID: 38580642, PMCID: PMC10997638, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47282-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMDR M. tuberculosisGenome sequenceResistance-conferring mutationsBeijing sublineageMDR strainsReproductive fitnessBeijing strainsCulture-positive casesLineagesMtb strainsMultidrug-resistant tuberculosisMDRMtbStrainMDR-TBMutationsResistant tuberculosisMDR-MTBSubstantial riskSublineagesTuberculosisSequence