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Relapse (true relapse)
DEFINITION
Recurrent episode of tuberculosis caused by the same strain as was identified at baseline, is thought to be due to failure of chemotherapy to sterilize the host tissues, thereby enabling endogenous recrudescence of the original infection.
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Defined as recurrent tuberculosis caused by the same strain as was identified at baseline, are thought to be due to failure of chemotherapy to sterilize the host tissues, thereby enabling endogenous recrudescence of the original infection.
From: CDC
Year: 2016
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