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Genotypic patterns of multiple isolates of M. tuberculosis from tuberculous HIV patients.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH - 1 Jul 2000
Lourenço M C, Grinsztejn B, Fandinho-Montes F C, da Silva M G, Saad M H, Fonseca L S
Abstract excerpt
We investigated whether the recurrence of tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients is due to an exogenous reinfection or relapses after antituberculosis chemotherapy. We reviewed clinical information on 32 patients at a Rio de Janeiro hospital from whom multiple Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates were taken. All isolates were analysed by DRE-PCR fingerprinting technique, and those with identical DRE-PCR patterns...
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