Are Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex lineages predictors for extrapulmonary tuberculosis?
In our recent work, geographical origin and other host determined factors such as female sex and age were stronger predictors of extrapulmonary tuberculosis than Mtbc lineage.
We are very happy to see this great collaboration between the Municipial Health Authorities (Gesundheitsamt) Frankfurt, the Research Center Borstel, the European Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC), Labor Dr. Limbach, and the University Hospital Frankfurt now published in CMI.
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