Screening for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection Using Beijing/K Strain-Specific Peptides in a School Outbreak Cohort

BACKGROUND: The Beijing strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) has been most frequently isolated from TB patients in South Korea, and the hyper-virulent Beijing/K genotype is associated with TB outbreaks. To examine the diagnostic potential of Beijing/K-specific peptides, we performed IFN-γ re...

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Autores principales: Hong, Ji Young, Kim, Ahreum, Park, So Yeong, Cho, Sang-Nae, Dockrell, Hazel M., Hur, Yun-Gyoung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:
Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8044942/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33869073
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2021.599386

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