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Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis: Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains and Host Risk Factors in a Large Urban Setting in Brazil

BACKGROUND: Factors related to the development of extrapulmonary forms of tuberculosis (EPTB) are still poorly understood, particularly in high-endemic countries like Brazil. The objective of the paper is to determine host and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) strain-related factors associated with t...

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Autores principales: Gomes, Teresa, Vinhas, Solange Alves, Reis-Santos, Bárbara, Palaci, Moisés, Peres, Renata Lyrio, Aguiar, Paola P., Ribeiro, Fabiola Karla Correa, Marques, Hebert Silva, Dettoni, Valdério do Valle, Johnson, John L., Riley, Lee W., Maciel, Ethel Leonor
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3788772/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24098337
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074517