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Disseminated tuberculosis with paradoxical reactions caused by a Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain belonging to the Indo-Oceanic lineage: An imported case in Japan.
Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy - 1 Jul 2022
Oshima Kengo, Nakajima Chie, Hirata Kazushige, Hayashi Hironori, Kodama Eiichi N, Fukushima Yukari, Suzuki Yasuhiko, Kanamori Hajime, Baba Hiroaki, Aoyagi Tetsuji, Tokuda Koichi, Kaku Mitsuo
Abstract excerpt
Tuberculosis remains a major public health concern. Millions of tuberculosis cases and associated deaths have been reported worldwide. The Indo-Oceanic lineage Mycobacterium tuberculosis is common in Southeast Asia and causes extrapulmonary lesions. Only a few case studies on this lineage with genetic analysis using whole-genome sequencing have been reported in the literature. We present a case of disseminated...
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