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Clinical and genotypic characteristics of childhood tuberculosis in Chongqing, China.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 Aug 2012
Xing L, Liu R, Li Q, Peng Z, Zhu C
Abstract excerpt
The aims of this study were to assess the prevalence of isolates of Beijing lineage in childhood tuberculosis (TB) and the association between strain family and clinical characteristics. A total of 105 children aged less than 18 years with culture-confirmed TB were evaluated by spoligotyping and the 12-locus mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units-variable number of tandem repeats (MIRU-VNTR) scheme. Of 105...
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