Cost of illness of non-multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Germany: an update

Background A total of 5429 new cases of tuberculosis (TB) were reported in Germany in 2018; out of the 3780 TB cases for whom drug susceptibility testing was available, the proportion of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) cases was only 3.1% (118 cases). Methods On the basis of the current therapy guid...

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Main Authors: Roland Diel, Albert Nienhaus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2020-10-01
Series:ERJ Open Research
Online Access:http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/6/4/00329-2020.full