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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2025

The microevolutionary trajectory of endemic multidrug-resistant tuberculosis strains in Portugal toward increased drug resistance levels and its clinical significance.

Pedro Gomes, Paulo Paixão, Fernando Maltez, Laura Brum, Jody E Phelan, Susana Campino, Taane G Clark, Miguel Viveiros, Isabel Portugal, João Perdigão

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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10 authors.

Pedro GomesFaculdade de Farmácia, Research Institute for Medicines, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
Paulo PaixãoFaculdade de Farmácia, Research Institute for Medicines, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
Fernando MaltezServiço de Doenças Infecciosas, Hospital Curry Cabral, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal.
Laura BrumSYNLAB Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal.
Jody E PhelanLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
Susana CampinoLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
Taane G ClarkLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
Miguel ViveirosGlobal Health and Tropical Medicine, GHTM, LA-REAL, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, IHMT, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
Isabel PortugalFaculdade de Farmácia, Research Institute for Medicines, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
João PerdigãoFaculdade de Farmácia, Research Institute for Medicines, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Portugal has one of the highest incidence rates of tuberculosis (TB) in Western Europe and, historically, multidrug-resistant (MDR) cases have been strongly associated with

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antimicrobial resistancedrug efficacyendemic transmissionMycobacterium tuberculosispharmacokineticswhole-genome sequencing

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PMCPMC12868246

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