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<p><italic>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</italic> (MT) is a widespread bacterium which usually attacks the lungs causing tuberculous pneumonia, but it can also occupy any other part of our body. One of the MT strains discovered in 1995 in China, known as the Beijing type, is extremely dangerous because of its increased antibiotic resistance. The most efficient method to properly identify this strain is genotyping which is based on the analysis of the MT genome. Symptoms of tuberculosis caused by the Beijing type may be similar to normal MT strain; however, there are some discrepancies. The most significant step in the diagnostic process is to determine the range of antibiotic resistance. These strains usually show a multi-drug resistant or extremely drug resistant phenotype.</p>
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MT) is a widespread bacterium which usually attacks the lungs causing tuberculous pneumonia, but it can also occupy any other part of our body. One of the MT strains discovered in 1995 in China, known as the Beijing type, is extremely dangerous because of its increased antibiotic resistance. The most efficient method to properly identify this strain is genotyping which is based on the analysis of the MT genome. Symptoms of tuberculosis caused by the Beijing type may be similar to normal MT strain; however, there are some discrepancies. The most significant step in the diagnostic process is to determine the range of antibiotic resistance. These strains usually show a multi-drug resistant or extremely drug resistant phenotype.

<italic>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</italic> Beijing – prevalence, diagnostics and treatment

Grochowski Hospital, Department of General, Oncological and Reconstructive Surgery

Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Poisoninc, Subunit of Intensive Carce and Poisoning for Children

Department of Paediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology, Dialysis and Acute Poisoning Treatment

Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin Hospital No. 1

Department of Paediatrics Neurosurgery and Neurosurgery

Department of Endocrinology, Metabolic Diseases and Internal Medicine

Pomeranian Journal of Life Sciences

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 Beijing – prevalence, diagnostics and treatment

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MT) is a widespread bacterium which usually attacks the lungs causing tuberculous pneumonia, but it can also occupy any other part...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing – prevalence, diagnostics and treatment

Data publikacji: 16 lip 2023

Zakres stron: 19 - 21

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21164/pomjlifesci.922

Słowa kluczowe
Beijing, tuberculosis treatment, tuberculosis diagnosis, tuberculosis management

© 2023 Marcin Kołodziej et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing – prevalence, diagnostics and treatment

Data publikacji: 16 lip 2023

Zakres stron: 19 - 21

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21164/pomjlifesci.922

Słowa kluczoweBeijing, tuberculosis treatment, tuberculosis diagnosis, tuberculosis management

© 2023 Marcin Kołodziej et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Słowa kluczowe
Beijing, tuberculosis treatment, tuberculosis diagnosis, tuberculosis management