Recurrent Tuberculosis Due to Exogenous Reinfection
- 6 April 2000
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 342 (14) , 1050-1051
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm200004063421413
Abstract
The report by van Rie and colleagues (Oct. 14 issue)1 ascribes 12 of 16 cases of recurrent tuberculosis in patients who were negative for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to exogenous reinfection. However, we are concerned about several points.Keywords
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