title: Draft Genome Sequence of the First Isolate of Extensively Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in New Zealand.
abstract: Extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis has now been described in >90 countries worldwide. The first case of XDR tuberculosis (XDR-TB) in New Zealand was recorded in 2010. We report the draft whole-genome sequence of the New Zealand isolate, NZXDR1, and describe a number of single-nucleotide polymorphisms that relate to drug resistance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: Ronan F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: O'Toole
authors.forename: Bushra M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Johari
authors.forename: Micheál
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mac Aogáin
authors.forename: Thomas R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Bower
authors.forename: Indira
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Basu
authors.forename: Joshua T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Freeman