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Tuberculosis relapse in Vietnam is significantly associated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype infections.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 May 2013
Huyen Mai N T, Buu Tran N, Tiemersma Edine, Lan Nguyen T N, Dung Nguyen H, Kremer Kristin, Soolingen Dick V, Cobelens Frank G J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In Vietnam, the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype is associated with multi-drug resistance and is emerging. A possible explanation for this genotype's success is an increased rate of relapse. METHODS: In a prospective cohort study, isolates from patients with smear-positive tuberculosis were subjected to drug susceptibility testing and to spoligotyping and variable number of tandem repeats...
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