Advanced Immune Suppression is Associated With Increased Prevalence of Mixed-Strain Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infections Among Persons at High Risk for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Botswana

We examined factors associated with mixed-strain Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections among patients at high risk for drug-resistant tuberculosis in Botswana. Thirty-seven (10.0%) of 370 patients with tuberculosis had mixed M. tuberculosis infections, based on 24-locus mycobacterial interspersed re...

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Published in:J Infect Dis
Main Authors: Shin, Sanghyuk S., Modongo, Chawangwa, Ncube, Ronald, Sepako, Enoch, Klausner, Jeffrey D., Zetola, Nicola M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2015
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Major Articles and Brief Reports
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4351373/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25070941
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiu421
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