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Adhesion to and invasion of pulmonary epithelial cells by the F15/LAM4/KZN and Beijing strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
29 Jan 2010
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Globally, specific genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis have been shown to dominate in patients, suggesting that these are more successful pathogens. One such genotype, the F15/LAM4/KZN (KZN) family of M. tuberculosis, has predominated in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, since the early 1990s. This strain recently evolved from multidrug-resistant to extensively drug-resistant (XDR). The ability of M. tuberculosis...
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