Incidence of aminoglycoside-induced hearing loss in HIV positive and HIV negative multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients

Aims of the study: To document the incidence and severity of aminoglycoside-induced ototoxicity at Brooklyn Chest Hospital; To determine the prevalence of the 6 known aminoglycoside-induced deafness mutations in the MT-RNR1 gene (A1555G, C1494T, T1095C, T1291C, A827G and 961 indel C) in a cohort of...

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Main Author: Harris, Tashneem
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10587