title: Exogenous reinfection with multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in an immunocompetent patient.
abstract: We used restriction-fragment-length-polymorphism (RFLP) DNA fingerprinting to document exogenous reinfection with a multidrug-resistant strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in an immunocompetent patient. Molecular epidemiologic studies using RFLP analysis may elucidate the epidemiology of exogenous reinfection with M. tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University, CA, USA.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Shafer
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Larkin
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Small
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000737:chemistry; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012008:Recurrence; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial