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RDRio Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is associated with a higher frequency of cavitary pulmonary disease.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 2008
Lazzarini Luiz Claudio Oliveira, Spindola Silvana Miranda, Bang Heejung, Gibson Andrea L, Weisenberg Scott, da Silva Carvalho Wania, Augusto Claudio José, Huard Richard C, Kritski Afrânio L, Ho John L
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Molecular genotyping has shown Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineages to be geographically restricted and associated with distinct ethnic populations. Whether tuberculosis (TB) caused by some M. tuberculosis lineages can present with a differential clinical spectrum is controversial because of very limited clinical data. We recently reported on the discovery of RD(Rio) M. tuberculosis, a Latin American-Mediterranean...
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