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Clinical and bacteriological characteristics associated with clustering of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 1 Jul 2017
Feng J-Y, Jarlsberg L G, Salcedo K, Rose J, Janes M, Lin S-Y G, Osmond D H, Jost K C, Soehnlen M K, Flood J, Graviss E A, Desmond E, Moonan P K, Nahid P, Hopewell P C, Kato-Maeda M
Abstract excerpt
SETTING: The impact of the genetic characteristics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis on the clustering of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has not been analyzed together with clinical and demographic characteristics. OBJECTIVE: To determine factors associated with genotypic clustering of MDR-TB in a community-based study. DESIGN: We measured the proportion of clustered cases among MDR-TB patients and...
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