Unsuspected and extensive transmission of a drug-susceptible Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  López Calleja, Ana Isabel ^a,b,c,g   Gavín, Patricia ^a,b,c,g   Antonia, Ma Antonia ^a,c   Vitoria, Ma Asunción ^c,d   Iglesias, Ma José ^c,e   Guimbao, Joaquín ^f   Lázaro, Ma Ángeles ^f   Rastogi, Nalin ^f   Revillo, Ma José ^a,c   Martín, Carlos ^c,e   Samper, Sofia ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ARAGONÉS DE CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^f Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe   (Guadeloupe)

^g Laboratorio de Salud Pública   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETIC TRAIT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; TUBERCULOSIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; AGED; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BACTERIAL DNA; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 63249110292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-9-3     Document Type: Article

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