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Determinants of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis clusters, California, USA, 2004-2007.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Sept 2010
Metcalfe John Z, Kim Elizabeth Y, Lin S-Y Grace, Cattamanchi Adithya, Oh Peter, Flood Jennifer, Hopewell Philip C, Kato-Maeda Midori
Abstract excerpt
Laboratory and epidemiologic evidence suggests that pathogen-specific factors may affect multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) transmission and pathogenesis. To identify demographic and clinical characteristics of MDR TB case clustering and to estimate the effect of specific isoniazid resistance-conferring mutations and strain lineage on genotypic clustering, we conducted a population-based cohort study of...
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