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. 2003 Oct;9(10):1310-3.
doi: 10.3201/eid0910.020743.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype, the Netherlands

Martien W Borgdorff  1 , Petra de Haas, Kristin Kremer, Dick van Soolingen
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype, the Netherlands

Martien W Borgdorff et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2003 Oct.

Abstract

To determine whether the Beijing genotype of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is emerging in the Netherlands, we collected data on 6,829 patients during 1993 to 2000. Six percent had the Beijing genotype. This genotype was associated with diagnosis in recent years, young age, nationality, and multidrug resistance.

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Number of tuberculosis cases with the Beijing genotype, Netherlands, 1993–2000.
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