Article
[Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis among household contacts of patients with tuberculosis].
Przeglad epidemiologiczny - 1 Jan 2008
Kozińska Monika, Augustynowicz-Kopeć Ewa, Zwolska Zofia, Brzezińska Sylwia, Zabost Anna, Anielak Monika, Klatt Magdalena, Napiórkowska Agnieszka, Bełzowska Maria, Dabrowska Mirosława, Grzesica Robert, Kowalska Maria, Krawiecka Dorota, Maciak Lidia, Piskuła Bozena, Sankowska Alicja, Słodowski Krzysztof, Szymkowicz Wioletta, Zulikowski Wojciech
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was estimation of usefulness of two molecular methods for Mycobacterium tuberculosis typing in the epidemiological research of tuberculosis (TB). We determined molecular patterns of M. tuberculosis strains isolated from 66 patients, members of 29 families living in 9 voivodeships of Poland. We also analysed drug susceptibility of the strains as well as some demographic...
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