ORIGINAL RESEARCH

The nature of genotypic resistance to fluoroquinolones in Mycobacterium tuberculosis circulating in Russian Federation

About authors

Central Tuberculosis Research Institute, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Sofia N. Andreevskaya
Yauzskaya Alleya, 2, str. 1А, Moscow, 107564, Russia; ur.liam@aifosdna

About paper

Funding: the study was conducted as part of the State Assignment № 122041100246-3 for the Central Tuberculosis Research Institute, “Intra- and Inter- species Polymorphism of Mycobacteria in Patients with Tuberculosis and Mycobacteriosis Who Receive Specific Therapy”.

Author contribution: Ergeshov A, Chernousova LN — study design; Larionova EE, Kiseleva EA — data acquisition; Smirnova TG — data analysis; Andreevskaya SN — manuscript writing, literature review; all authors contributed to the discussion.

Received: 2022-10-10 Accepted: 2022-10-24 Published online: 2022-10-31
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