Clinical and epidemiological profiles of individuals with drug-resistant tuberculosis

Clinical and epidemiological profiles of individuals with drug-resistant tuberculosis

Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is a growing global threat. Approximately 450,000 people developed multidrug-resistant TB worldwide in 2012 and an estimated 170,000 people died from the disease. This paper describes the sociodemographic, clinical-epidemiological and bacteriological aspects of TB an...

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Main Authors: Heloisa da Silveira Paro Pedro, Susilene Maria Tonelli Nardi, Maria Izabel Ferreira Pereira, Rosângela Siqueira Oliveira, Philip Noel Suffys, Harrison Magdinier Gomes, Amanda Juliane Finardi, Eloise Brasil de Moraes, Ida Maria Foschiani Dias Baptista, Ricardo Luiz Dantas Machado, Lilian Castiglioni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2015-04-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
tuberculosis
diagnosis
antimicrobial resistance
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