In-depth analysis of a mixed Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection involving a multidrug-resistant strain and a susceptible strain

Within a mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units–variable number tandem repeats (MIRU-VNTR) -based molecular epidemiology programme run on prisoners transferred from Peruvian prisons to a Spanish prison, we identified a mixed infection in one individual [[1]Abascal E. Herranz M. Acosta F. Agapito J. Cabibbe A.M. Monteserin J. et al.Screening of inmates transferred to Spain reveals a Peruvian prison as a reservoir of persistent Mycobacterium...