The burden of drug resistance tuberculosis in Ghana; results of the First National Survey.

Resistance to Tuberculosis drugs has become a major threat to the control of tuberculosis (TB) globally. We conducted the first nation-wide drug resistance survey to investigate the level and pattern of resistance to first-line TB drugs among newly and previously treated sputum smear-positive TB cas...

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Main Authors: Augustina Angelina Sylverken, Alexander Kwarteng, Sampson Twumasi-Ankrah, Michael Owusu, Rejoice Agyeiwaa Arthur, Rexford Mawunyo Dumevi, Louis Adu-Amoah, Nicholas Addofoh, Portia Boakye Okyere, Francisca Dzata, Frank Bonsu, Yaw Adusi-Poku, Katharina Kranzer, Andrew Siroka, Wayne van Gemert, Anna Dean, Ellis Owusu-Dabo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252819