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Strain-specific differences in two large Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotype clusters in isolates collected from homeless patients in New York City from 2001 to 2004.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Aug 2006
Macaraig Michelle, Agerton Tracy, Driver Cynthia R, Munsiff Sonal S, Abdelwahab Jalaa', Park Julie, Kreiswirth Barry, Driscoll Jeffrey, Zhao Benyang
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We studied two large Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotype clusters associated with recent outbreaks in homeless persons to determine factors associated with these tuberculosis (TB) strains. Isolates from all culture-positive TB cases diagnosed from 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2004 were genotyped. Patients whose isolates had identical restriction fragment length polymorphism patterns and spoligotypes were...
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