The impact of drug resistance on the risk of tuberculosis infection and disease in child household contacts: a cross sectional study

The impact of drug resistance on the risk of tuberculosis infection and disease in child household contacts: a cross sectional study

Abstract Background The relative fitness of organisms causing drug-susceptible (DS) and multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) is unclear. We compared the risk of TB infection and TB disease in young child household contacts of adults with confirmed DS-TB and MDR-TB. Methods In this cross-secti...

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Main Authors: Vera Golla, Kathryn Snow, Anna M. Mandalakas, H. Simon Schaaf, Karen Du Preez, Anneke C. Hesseling, James A. Seddon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
Children
Resistance
Infection
Disease
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-017-2668-2

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