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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Main Authors: Jean Miltgen, Marc Morillon, Jean-Louis Koeck, Anne Varnerot, Jean-François Briant, Gilbert Nguyen, Denis Verrot, Daniel Bonnet, Véronique Vincent
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/11/02-0017_article