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Molecular epidemiology of pleural and other extrapulmonary tuberculosis: a Maryland state review.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 15 May 2006
Torgersen Jessie, Dorman Susan E, Baruch Nancy, Hooper Nancy, Cronin Wendy
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BACKGROUND: Limited information exists about the current epidemiological characteristics of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. However, pleural tuberculosis is usually considered to be a manifestation of primary tuberculosis. Our objective was to use molecular epidemiological techniques to describe the occurrence of pleural and other extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Maryland, a state with moderate tuberculosis incidence....
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