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Exogenous Reinfection as a Cause of Late Recurrent Tuberculosis in the United States.
Annals of the American Thoracic Society - 1 Nov 2015
Interrante Julia D, Haddad Maryam B, Kim Lindsay, Gandhi Neel R
Abstract excerpt
RATIONALE: The etiology of recurrent tuberculosis is typically presumed to be reactivation of residual Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, but reinfection may account for a greater proportion of recurrent tuberculosis than previously recognized. OBJECTIVE: To use M. tuberculosis genotyping to characterize the etiology of recurrent tuberculosis occurring 12 months or more after treatment completion. METHODS: The...
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