Evaluation of Non-HIV-Related, Drug-Sensitive Cluster Outbreaks of Tuberculosis with PCR-based DNA Fingerprinting

OBJECTIVES: To characterize two cluster outbreaks of tuberculosis by DNA fingerprinting and to evaluate the possibility of their association with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and multiple drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: JM FitzGerald, WA Black, D Kunimoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 1996-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1996/723501