Exogenous Reinfection as a Cause of Recurrent Tuberculosis after Curative Treatment
- 14 October 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 341 (16) , 1174-1179
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199910143411602
Abstract
For decades it has been assumed that postprimary tuberculosis is usually caused by reactivation of endogenous infection rather than by a new, exogenous infection.Keywords
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