Mycobacterium africanum (Lineage 6) shows slower sputum smear conversion on tuberculosis treatment than Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Lineage 4) in Bamako, Mali.

<h4>Objective</h4>Ancestral M. tuberculosis complex lineages such as M. africanum are underrepresented among retreatment patients and those with drug resistance. To test the hypothesis that they respond faster to TB treatment, we determined the rate of smear conversion of new pulmonary tuberculosis...

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Principais autores:	Bassirou Diarra, Mahamadou Kone, Antieme Combo Georges Togo, Yeya Dit Sadio Sarro, Aissata Boubakar Cisse, Amadou Somboro, Boureima Degoga, Mohamed Tolofoudie, Bourahima Kone, Moumine Sanogo, Bocar Baya, Ousmane Kodio, Mamoudou Maiga, Michael Belson, Susan Orsega, Meryam Krit, Sounkalo Dao, Ibrahim Izétiegouma Maiga, Robert L Murphy, Leen Rigouts, Seydou Doumbia, Souleymane Diallo, Bouke Catherine de Jong
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
coleção:	PLoS ONE
Acesso em linha:	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208603
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