Exogenous reinfection with multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in an immunocompetent patient

R W Shafer; S P Singh; C Larkin; P M Small

doi:10.1016/0962-8479(95)90537-5

Exogenous reinfection with multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in an immunocompetent patient

Tuber Lung Dis. 1995 Dec;76(6):575-7. doi: 10.1016/0962-8479(95)90537-5.

Authors

R W Shafer¹, S P Singh, C Larkin, P M Small

Affiliation

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University, CA, USA.

PMID: 8593382
DOI: 10.1016/0962-8479(95)90537-5

Abstract

We used restriction-fragment-length-polymorphism (RFLP) DNA fingerprinting to document exogenous reinfection with a multidrug-resistant strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in an immunocompetent patient. Molecular epidemiologic studies using RFLP analysis may elucidate the epidemiology of exogenous reinfection with M. tuberculosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
DNA Fingerprinting
DNA, Bacterial / analysis
Female
Humans
Immunocompetence*
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / chemistry
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Recurrence
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / immunology
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / microbiology

Substances

DNA, Bacterial