Complex clonal features in an Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in a two-year-old child

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 457-459

  De Viedma, Darío García ^a   Marín, Mercedes ^a   Andrés, Sandra ^a   Lorenzo, Gema ^a   Ruiz Serrano, María Jesús ^a   Bouza, Emilio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coinfection; Microevolution; Molecular typing; Pediatric infection; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33646779487     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000217473.90673.00     Document Type: Article

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