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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2008, p. 3127-3129, Vol. 46, No. 9
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01132-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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

Jia-Yih Feng,1 Wei-Juin Su,1,2,{dagger} Cheng-Chien Tsai,1 and Shi-Chuan Chang1,3*,{dagger}

Chest Department, Taipei Veterans General Hospital,1 School of Medicine,2 Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan3

Received 15 June 2008/ Accepted 20 June 2008

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.

* 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{at}vghtpe.gov.tw

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 2 July 2008.

{dagger} W.-J. Su and S.-C. Chang contributed equally to this work.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2008, p. 3127-3129, Vol. 46, No. 9
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01132-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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