Recurrent tuberculosis in an urban area in China: Relapse or exogenous reinfection?

Recurrent tuberculosis is an important indicator of the effectiveness of tuberculosis control and can occur by relapse or exogenous reinfection. We conducted a retrospective cohort study on all bacteriologically confirmed tuberculosis cases that were successfully treated between 2000 and 2012 in Shanghai, an urban area with a high number but a low prevalence rate of tuberculosis cases and a low prevalence of HIV infection. Genotyping the Mycobacterium tuberculosis from clinical isolates was used to distinguish between relapse and reinfection.

Source: Tuberculosis - January 29, 2017 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Xin Shen, Chongguang Yang, Jie Wu, Senlin Lin, Xu Gao, Zheyuan Wu, Jiyun Tian, Mingyu Gan, Tao Luo, Lili Wang, Chenlei Yu, Jian Mei, Qichao Pan, Kathryn DeRiemer, ZhengAn Yuan, Qian Gao Source Type: research