Recurrent Tuberculosis and Exogenous Reinfection, Shanghai, China
Open Access
- 1 November 2006
- journal article
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 12 (11) , 1776-1778
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1211.051207
Abstract
Of 52 patients with recurrent tuberculosis in Shanghai, People's Republic of China, 32 (61.5%) had isolates in which genotype patterns of Mycobacterium tuberculosis differed between first and second episodes. This result indicates that exogenous reinfection is common in an area with a high incidence of tuberculosis.Keywords
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