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Recent transmission of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a prison population in southern Brazil
We conducted a cross-sectional, retrospective study, characterized by classical and molecular epidemiology, involving M. tuberculosis isolates from a regional prison in southern Brazil. Between January of 2011 and August of 2014, 379 prisoners underwent sputum smear microscopy and culture; 53 (13.9%...
Autores principales: | Reis, Ana Julia, de David, Simone Maria Martini, Nunes, Luciana de Souza, Valim, Andreia Rosane de Moura, Possuelo, Lia Gonçalves |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5063446/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27832237 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1806-37562016000000023 |
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