Introduction and evaluation of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis supplemental surveillance in the United States

The current tuberculosis (TB) case reporting system for the United States, the Report of Verified Case of TB (RVCT), has minimal capture of multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB treatment and adverse events. Data were abstracted in five states using the form for 13 MDR TB patients during 2012–2015. The Cente...

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Main Authors: Annie Belanger, Sapna Bamrah Morris, Richard Brostrom, David Yost, Neela Goswami, Margaret Oxtoby, Marisa Moore, Janice Westenhouse, Pennan M. Barry, Neha S. Shah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-05-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405579418300895