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Emerg Infect Dis
; 17(7): 1259-62, 2011 Jul.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21762581
ABSTRACT
Using spoligotyping, we identified 13 genotypes and 17 orphan types among 160 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from patients in Valle del Cauca, Colombia. The Beijing genotype represented 15.6% of the isolates and was correlated with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, female sex of the patients, and residence in Buenaventura and may represent a new public health threat.