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Patients with active tuberculosis often have different strains in the same sputum specimen.

American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine - 1 Mar 2004

Warren Robin M, Victor Thomas C, Streicher Elizabeth M, Richardson Madalene, Beyers Nulda, Gey van Pittius Nicolaas C, van Helden Paul D

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It is generally accepted that tuberculosis results from a single infection with a single Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain. Such infections are thought to confer protective immunity against exogenous reinfection. In this study, a novel polymerase chain reaction method was developed to specificall...

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PMID: 14701710
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200305-714OC

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