Clinical Impact of Mycobacterium tuberculosis W-Beijing Genotype Strain Infection on Aged Patients in Taiwan

The impact of W-Beijing genotype Mycobacterium tuberculosis on treatment outcome was evaluated in 249 newly diagnosed tuberculosis patients. No significant difference in the treatment outcome was found between the W-Beijing and non-W-Beijing groups. However, a poor outcome was more common in the eld...

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Published inJournal of Clinical Microbiology Vol. 46; no. 9; pp. 3127 - 3129
Main Authors Feng, Jia-Yih, Su, Wei-Juin, Tsai, Cheng-Chien, Chang, Shi-Chuan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, DC American Society for Microbiology 01.09.2008
American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
Subjects
Age Factors
Aged
Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use
Bacteriology
Biological and medical sciences
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Genotype
Humans
Microbiology
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Mycobacterium tuberculosis - genetics
Recurrence
Regression Analysis
Taiwan
Treatment Outcome
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - microbiology
Asia
Taiwan
Human
Microbiology
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Mycobacteriales
Mycobacteriaceae
Bacteria
Genotype
Actinomycetes
Strain
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Summary:The impact of W-Beijing genotype Mycobacterium tuberculosis on treatment outcome was evaluated in 249 newly diagnosed tuberculosis patients. No significant difference in the treatment outcome was found between the W-Beijing and non-W-Beijing groups. However, a poor outcome was more common in the elderly patients (>=65 years) infected with the W-Beijing strain.
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Chest Department, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan. Phone: 886-2-28757564 and 886-2-28757034. Fax: 886-2-28752380. E-mail: scchang@vghtpe.gov.tw
W.-J. Su and S.-C. Chang contributed equally to this work.
ISSN:0095-1137
1098-660X
DOI:10.1128/JCM.01132-08