Conjunctivitis with regional lymphadenopathy in a trainee microbiologist.
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We report a case of conjunctival tuberculosis in a trainee microbiologist caused by direct inoculation. The resident strain was analyzed by DNA fingerprinting, and an identical pattern was found in an isolate from sputum handled by the resident. After 6 months of treatment, the patient was cured.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical microbiology
دوره 47 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009