Objective To ascertain the epidemiological characteristics of Beijing /W lineage Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in northern Xinjiang and their correlation with drug resistance.Methods Clinical isolates of M.tuberculosis were collected in northern Xinjiang.The Beijing /W lineage strains were identified using an RD105 deletion test.The proportion method was used to determine the drug susceptibility of the clinical isolates of M.tuberculosis.Statistical analysis was performed using the χ2 test.Results Of 1...