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Re-emergence of the progenitors of a multidrug-resistant outbreak strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis among the post-outbreak case patients.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Feb 2010
Namouchi Amine, Haltiti Raja, Hawari Dorra, Mardassi Helmi
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BACKGROUND. The progenitors of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) outbreak strains might evolve into new outbreak strains. We hypothesized that these strains could re-emerge among post-outbreak patients with TB and must thus be tracked. METHODS. To identify the progenitors of the outbreak...
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