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The Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype does not affect tuberculosis treatment failure in Vietnam.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 15 Oct 2010
Buu Tran N, Huyen Mai N T, van Soolingen Dick, Lan Nguyen T N, Quy Hoang T, Tiemersma Edine W, Borgdorff Martien W, Cobelens Frank G J
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BACKGROUND: Studies have suggested that the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype causes more severe clinical disease and higher treatment failure rates with standard regimens, possibly in association with an increased risk of acquiring drug resistance. We studied the effect of genotype on...
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