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Association of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype with tuberculosis relapse in Singapore.

Sun YJ, Lee AS, Wong SY, Paton NI

Department of Infectious Diseases, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore. Yong_Jiang_Sun@ttsh.com.sg

The relationship of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype with tuberculosis relapse was examined. Beijing strains were detected from 32 out of 45 (71%) relapsed cases and 148 out of 290 (51%) non-relapsed cases. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that Beijing genotype was significantly associated with tuberculosis relapse (OR 2.64, 95% CI 1.30-5.34, P=0.005).

Published 21 February 2006 in Epidemiol Infect, 134(2): 329-32.
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