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Relationship between Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotype and the clinical phenotype of pulmonary and meningeal tuberculosis.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Apr 2008
Thwaites Guy, Caws Maxine, Chau Tran Thi Hong, D'Sa Anthony, Lan Nguyen Thi Ngoc, Huyen Mai Nguyet Thu, Gagneux Sebastien, Anh Phan Thi Hoang, Tho Dau Quang, Torok Estee, Nhu Nguyen Thi Quynh, Duyen Nguyen Thi Hong, Duy Phan Minh, Richenberg Jonathan, Simmons Cameron, Hien Tran Tinh, Farrar Jeremy
Abstract excerpt
We used large sequence polymorphisms to determine the genotypes of 397 isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from human immunodeficiency virus-uninfected Vietnamese adults with pulmonary (n = 235) or meningeal (n = 162) tuberculosis. We compared the pretreatment radiographic appearances of pulmo...
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