The study recurrent tuberculosis and exogenous reinfection, Shanghai, China.
Of 52 patients with recurrent tuberculosis in Shanghai, People's Republic of China, 32 (61.5%) had isolates in which genotype patterns of Mycobacterium tuberculosis differed between first and second episodes. This result indicates that exogenous reinfection is common in an area with a high incidence of tuberculosis.
Shen
Guomiao
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Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Xue
Zhen
Z
Shen
Xin
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Sun
Bin
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Gui
Xiaohong
X
Shen
Mei
M
Mei
Jian
J
Gao
Qian
Q
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000635:transmission