Undetected Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Amplified by First-line Therapy in Mixed Infection

Infections with >1 Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain(s) are underrecognized. We show, in vitro and in vivo, how first-line treatment conferred a competitive growth advantage to amplify a multidrug-resistant M. tuberculosis strain in a patient with mixed infection. Diagnostic techniques that ident...

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Autores principales: Hingley-Wilson, Suzanne M., Casey, Rosalyn, Connell, David, Bremang, Samuel, Evans, Jason T., Hawkey, Peter M., Smith, Grace E., Jepson, Annette, Philip, Stuart, Kon, Onn Min, Lalvani, Ajit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3713993/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23764343
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1907.130313

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