Recurrent tuberculosis in patients infected with the predominant Mycobacterium tuberculosis outbreak strain in Denmark. New insights gained through whole genome sequencing.

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OBJECTIVES: Recurrent tuberculosis (TB) is defined by more than one TB episode per patient and is caused by reinfection with a new M. tuberculosis (Mtb) strain or relapse with the previous strain. In Denmark, a major TB outbreak caused by one specific Mtb genotype "DKC2" is ongoing. Of the 892 patients infected with DKC2 between 1992 and 2014, 32 had recurrent TB with 67 TB episodes in total. METHODS: The 32...

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