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Tuberculosis
New tuberculosis study findings recently were reported by K. Najafizadeh and co-researchers
September 2nd, 2008
"Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection has been shown to be associated with anthracotic bronchitis. However, the typical manifestation of infection is not usually present in infected patients, which raises the question of whether a particular strain of M. tuberculosis is associated with this group of patients," scientists in Iran report. "To determine whether a particular strain of M. tuberculosis is associated with anthracotic bronchitis. We assessed the predominant space oligonucleotide (spoligotype) patterns of M. tuberculosis complex isolated from patients with anthracotic bronchitis and compared the results with tuberculosis (TB) subtype patterns in Iran and other...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-09-02)
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