Self-reported risks for multiple-drug resistance among new tuberculosis cases: implications for drug susceptibility screening and treatment.

BACKGROUND: Multiple drug-resistance in new tuberculosis (TB) cases accounts for the majority of all multiple drug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) worldwide. Effective control requires determining which new TB patients should be tested for MDR disease, yet the effectiveness of global screening recommendations...

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Main Authors: Timothy F Brewer, Howard W Choi, Carlos Seas, Fiorella Krapp, Carlos Zamudio, Lena Shah, Antonio Ciampi, S Jody Heymann, Eduardo Gotuzzo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3194818?pdf=render