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Outbreak or coincidental cases of tuberculosis? Genotyping provides the clue.

Ricardo Casas-Fischer1, Ana Penedo-Pallares, Juan José Palacios-Gutierrez, Alfonso Moreno-Torrico.   

Abstract

We illustrate how genotyping of mycobacterial strains contributed to the discovery of an undetected outbreak of tuberculosis in a hospital ward, ruling out misleading assumptions of transmission chains. Genotyping should be taken into account in routine tests for the control of tuberculosis.
Copyright © 2012 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Year:  2011        PMID： 21620520     DOI： 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.03.003

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Am J Infect Control        ISSN： 0196-6553            Impact factor:   2.918


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1.  Using genotyping to delineate tuberculosis transmission in long-term care facilities: single facility 4-year experience.

Authors:  Wen-Cheng Chao; Pei-Chun Chuang; Don-Han Wu; Chieh-Liang Wu; Po-Yu Liu; Chi-Chang Shieh; Ruwen Jou
Journal:  BMC Infect Dis       Date:  2017-06-13       Impact factor: 3.090
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