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Genotype diversity of Mycobacterium isolates from children in Jimma, Ethiopia.
BMC research notes - 4 Sept 2013
Workalemahu Bereket, Berg Stefan, Tsegaye Wondewosen, Abdissa Alemseged, Girma Tsinuel, Abebe Markos, Aseffa Abraham
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Paediatric tuberculosis (TB) is poorly addressed in Ethiopia and information about its magnitude and the genotype distribution of the causative Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains responsible for its spread are scanty. METHODS: Gastric lavage or sputum samples were collected from consecutively enrolled TB suspect children visiting Jimma University Hospital in 2011 and cultured on Middlebrook 7H11 and...
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