Francis Drobniewski and colleagues report the whole-genome sequencing of 1,000 Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains obtained prospectively from patients over a 2-year period in Samara, Russia, a region with a high incidence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis. They compare these strains to a diverse panel of strains isolated from across the UK and characterize the patterns of the emergence and evolution of drug resistance.
- Nicola Casali
- Vladyslav Nikolayevskyy
- Francis Drobniewski
