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Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, People's Republic of China, 2007-2009.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Oct 2011
He Guang Xue, Wang Hai Ying, Borgdorff Martien W, van Soolingen Dick, van der Werf Marieke J, Liu Zhi Min, Li Xue Zheng, Guo Hui, Zhao Yan Lin, Varma Jay K, Tostado Christopher P, van den Hof Susan
Abstract excerpt
We conducted a case-control study to investigate risk factors for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) in the People's Republic of China. Genotyping analysis was used to estimate the percentage of cases from recent transmission among 100 MDR TB case-patients hospitalized during April 2007-July 2009. Molecular subtyping of isolates showed that 41% of MDR TB strains clustered. Beijing genotype was found in 94%...
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