Transmission of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis is reality in Switzerland
Anita Niederer-Loher, Christian R. Kahlert, Jürg Barben, Vanessa Deggim & Jean-Pierre Zellweger
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abstract
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We report the first documented patient-to-patient transmission of
Multidrug resistant tuberculosis observed in Switzerland between two
young, previously healthy patients from Tibet. They both lived in
Switzerland for several years and did not originate from the same
community. Resistance patterns and restriction fragment length
polymorphism-analysis (RFLP-analysis) of both strains were
identical.
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keywords
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Tuberculosis, multidrug-resistance, transmission, contact-investigation |
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citation
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Niederer-Loher A, Kahlert C R, Barben J, Deggim V, Zellweger J P.
Transmission of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis is
reality in Switzerland. Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
2012;159-160.
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type
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journal paper/review (Deutsch)
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date of publishing
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25-6-2012
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journal title
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Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
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pages
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159-160
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DOI
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10.3233/JPI-120370
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link
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dx.doi.org/10.3233/JPI-120370
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contact
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Christian R. Kahlert
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