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Culture-positive Pediatric Tuberculosis in Toronto, Ontario: Sources of Infection and Relationship of Birthplace and Mycobacterial Lineage to Phenotype.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal - 1 Jan 2016
Rayment Jonathan H, Guthrie Jennifer L, Lam Karen, Whelan Michael, Lee Brenda, Jamieson Frances B, Kitai Ian
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Few data relate Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) lineage and disease phenotype in the pediatric population or examine the contribution of travel to the tuberculosis (TB)-endemic country in North America. We examined clinical, demographic and Mtb genotype data from patients with TB who were treated in Toronto between 2002 and 2012. METHODS: Consecutive Mtb culture-positive, pediatric patients were...
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