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Genomic approaches provide valuable tools for characterizing the population structure, transmission patterns, and drug-resistance profiles of\n                      <jats:italic>Mycobacterium tuberculosis<\/jats:italic>\n                      (MTB), yet hospital-based genomic data from this region remain limited.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This single-center, hospital-based study analyzed 26 clinical MTB isolates collected from a tertiary hospital in Northwest China. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS), drug susceptibility testing (DST), phylogenetic analysis, and a murine infection model were used to investigate lineage distribution, genetic relatedness, drug-resistance characteristics, and pathogenicity.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The Beijing lineage, represented by spoligotype SIT1, accounted for 73.08% of the isolates, and 80.77% belonged to sequence type ST215. Phylogenetic analysis identified a closely related cluster of ST215 isolates with low pairwise SNP distances, suggesting potential recent transmission within the studied cohort. No multidrug-resistant (MDR) or extensively drug-resistant (XDR) isolates were detected, and resistance was limited to sporadic monoresistance. All isolates carried the aac(2\u2019)-Ic and erm(37) genes, although these genes were not consistently associated with phenotypic resistance. In an intravenous mouse infection model, histopathological changes induced by a representative ST215 isolate were broadly comparable to those caused by the reference strain H37Rv.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This hospital-based genomic investigation identified a predominant ST215 MTB population with generally low levels of drug resistance in the studied cohort. 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