Does drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis of the Beijing genotype spread in Sweden?
Although extensive outbreaks with non-Beijing TB strains have occurred in Sweden, Beijing strains have not taken hold, in spite of the proximity to high prevalence countries such as Russia and the Baltic countries. The Beijing sublineages so far introduced in Sweden may not be adapted to spread in the Scandinavian population.
Glucose abnormalities are an independent predictor of poor virological response to combined therapy in hepatitis C virus infected patients.