Two Cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis subsp. canetti
We identified an unusual strain of mycobacteria from two patients with pulmonary tuberculosis by its smooth, glossy morphotype and, primarily, its genotypic characteristics. Spoligotyping and restriction fragment length polymorphism typing were carried out with the insertion sequence IS6110 patterns...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2002-11-01
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Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/11/02-0017_article |