Mycobacterial Lineages Associated with Drug Resistance in Patients with Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Getu DiribaAbebaw KebedeHabteyes Hailu TolaAyinalem AlemuBazezew YenewShewki MogaDesalegn AddiseZemedu MohammedMuluwork GetahunMengistu FantahunMengistu TadesseBiniyam DagneMisikir AmareGebeyehu Assefa MitikuDessie AberaKassu DestaPublished in: Tuberculosis research and treatment (2021)
A higher proportion of any type of drug resistance and MDR was detected among the East-African-Indian lineage compared to others. However, there was no statistically significant association between any type of drug resistance and either lineages or sublineages. Thus, the authors recommend a large-scale study.