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- Title
Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Transmission and Resistance Amplification within Families.
- Authors
Seddon, James A.; Warren, Rob M.; Enarson, Donald A.; Beyers, Nulda; Schaaf, H. Simon
- Abstract
Drug-resistant tuberculosis is caused by transmission of resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and by acquisition of resistance through inadequate treatment. We investigated the clinical and molecular features of the disease in 2 families after drug-resistant tuberculosis was identified in 2 children. The findings demonstrate the potential for resistance to be transmitted and amplified within families.
- Subjects
TUBERCULOSIS transmission; DRUG resistance in microorganisms; MYCOBACTERIUM tuberculosis; TUBERCULOSIS in children; DRUG resistance; MYCOBACTERIUM
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2012, Vol 18, Issue 8, p1342
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1808.111650