Evaluation of Non-HIV-Related, Drug-Sensitive Cluster Outbreaks of Tuberculosis with PCR-based DNA Fingerprinting

OBJECTIVES: To characterize two cluster outbreaks of tuberculosis by DNA fingerprinting and to evaluate the possibility of their association with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and multiple drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

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Main Authors: JM FitzGerald, WA Black, D Kunimoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1996-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1996/723501
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spelling doaj-art-7d3cb6803560411286deaf4a221392a42025-02-03T05:52:40ZengWileyCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22411996-01-013531732110.1155/1996/723501Evaluation of Non-HIV-Related, Drug-Sensitive Cluster Outbreaks of Tuberculosis with PCR-based DNA FingerprintingJM FitzGerald0WA Black1D Kunimoto2Respiratory Division, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CanadaProvincial TB Laboratory, BC Centre for Disease Control, Ministry of Health, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaOBJECTIVES: To characterize two cluster outbreaks of tuberculosis by DNA fingerprinting and to evaluate the possibility of their association with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and multiple drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1996/723501
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Evaluation of Non-HIV-Related, Drug-Sensitive Cluster Outbreaks of Tuberculosis with PCR-based DNA Fingerprinting
Canadian Respiratory Journal
title Evaluation of Non-HIV-Related, Drug-Sensitive Cluster Outbreaks of Tuberculosis with PCR-based DNA Fingerprinting
title_full Evaluation of Non-HIV-Related, Drug-Sensitive Cluster Outbreaks of Tuberculosis with PCR-based DNA Fingerprinting
title_fullStr Evaluation of Non-HIV-Related, Drug-Sensitive Cluster Outbreaks of Tuberculosis with PCR-based DNA Fingerprinting
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of Non-HIV-Related, Drug-Sensitive Cluster Outbreaks of Tuberculosis with PCR-based DNA Fingerprinting
title_short Evaluation of Non-HIV-Related, Drug-Sensitive Cluster Outbreaks of Tuberculosis with PCR-based DNA Fingerprinting
title_sort evaluation of non hiv related drug sensitive cluster outbreaks of tuberculosis with pcr based dna fingerprinting
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