Recurrent Tuberculosis and Exogenous Reinfection, Shanghai, China

Shen, Guomiao; Xue, Zhen; Shen, Xin; Sun, Bin; Gui, Xiaohong; Shen, Mei; Mei, Jian; Gao, Qian

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Recurrent Tuberculosis and Exogenous Reinfection, Shanghai, China

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Nov 2006
By Shen, Guomiao ; Xue, Zhen ; Shen, Xin ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Shen, Guomiao ; Xue, Zhen ; Shen, Xin ; Sun, Bin ; Gui, Xiaohong ; Shen, Mei ; Mei, Jian ; Gao, Qian
Description:

Of 52 patients with recurrent tuberculosis in Shanghai, People's Republic of China, 32 (61.5%) had isolates in which genotype patterns of Mycobacterium tuberculosis differed between first and second episodes. This result indicates that exogenous reinfection is common in an area with a high incidence of tuberculosis.
Subjects:

Adult Dispatch DNA Fingerprinting, Dispatch Female Humans Male Middle Aged Molecular Epidemiology Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Recurrence Tuberculosis
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Emerg Infect Dis. 12(11):1776-1778.
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Journal Article
Volume:

12
Issue:

11
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:7dd13652fe39c89e4f54592da9fc7ecb63eb4ea8c38aef1d438f2009fa02a21c
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