Drug resistance ofMycobacterium tuberculosisin Malawi: a cross-sectional survey
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Drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Malawi: a cross-sectional survey
OBJECTIVE To document the prevalence of multidrug resistance among people newly diagnosed with - and those retreated for - tuberculosis in Malawi. METHODS We conducted a nationally representative survey of people with sputum-smear-positive tuberculosis between 2010 and 2011. For all consenting participants, we collected demographic and clinical data, two sputum samples and tested for human im...
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Objective To document the prevalence of multidrug resistance among people newly diagnosed with – and those retreated for – tuberculosis in Malawi. Methods We conducted a nationally representative survey of people with sputum-smear-positive tuberculosis between 2010 and 2011. For all consenting participants, we collected demographic and clinical data, two sputum samples and tested for human immu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Bulletin of the World Health Organization
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0042-9686
DOI: 10.2471/blt.13.126532