Tuberculosis transmission of predominant genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Northern suburbs of Buenos Aires city region

Revista Argentina de Microbiologia

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 145-150

  Morcillo, N ^a   Zumarraga, M ^b   Imperiale, B ^a   Di Giulio, B ^c   Chirico, C ^d   Kuriger, A ^d   Alito, A ^b   Kremer, K ^e   Cataldi, A ^b  

^a Hospital Zonal de Agudos y Cronicos Dr Antonio A Cetrangolo   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c P de Cordero Hospital   (Argentina)

^d Reg Tuberculosis Control Program   (Argentina)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clusters; Genotyping; Predominant clones; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SUBURBAN POPULATION; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 35349031114     PISSN: 03257541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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