Quantifying the burden and trends of isoniazid resistant tuberculosis, 1994-2009.

Quantifying isoniazid resistant (INH-R) tuberculosis (TB) is important because isoniazid resistance reduces the probability of treatment success, may facilitate the spread of multidrug resistance, and may reduce the effectiveness of isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT).We used data reported to the Wor...

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Main Authors: Helen E Jenkins, Matteo Zignol, Ted Cohen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3146514?pdf=render