Treatment of tuberculosis in a region with high drug resistance: outcomes, drug resistance amplification and re-infection.

Treatment of tuberculosis in a region with high drug resistance: outcomes, drug resistance amplification and re-infection.

INTRODUCTION:Emerging antituberculosis drug resistance is a serious threat for tuberculosis (TB) control, especially in Eastern European countries. METHODS:We combined drug susceptibility results and molecular strain typing data with treatment outcome reports to assess the influence of drug resistan...

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Main Authors: Maryline Bonnet, Manuela Pardini, Francesca Meacci, Germano Orrù, Hasan Yesilkaya, Thierry Jarosz, Peter W Andrew, Mike Barer, Francesco Checchi, Heinz Rinder, Graziella Orefici, Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes, Lanfranco Fattorini, Marco Rinaldo Oggioni, Juliet Melzer, Stefan Niemann, Francis Varaine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21886778/?tool=EBI

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