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Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Beijing genotype strains not associated with radiological presentation of pulmonary tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Jan 2004
Borgdorff Martien W, Van Deutekom Henk, De Haas Petra E W, Kremer Kristin, Van Soolingen Dick
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains of the Beijing genotype have been involved in various outbreaks of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Some studies suggest that the infection with the Beijing genotype is associated with a different host immune response. Since this might also lead to a different chest X-ray (CXR) presentation, we compared CXRs of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis, 33 of whom were infected with...
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