Rate of Reinfection Tuberculosis after Successful Treatment Is Higher than Rate of New Tuberculosis

In a high-tuberculosis (TB) incidence area of Cape Town, South Africa, there is a very high rate of unexplained recurrent TB. The incidence of new bacteriologically confirmed disease in the area is 313 per 100,000 individuals. To estimate the rate of recurrent TB attributable to reinfection after su...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine Jg. 171; H. 12; S. 1430 - 1435
Hauptverfasser:	Verver, Suzanne, Warren, Robin M, Beyers, Nulda, Richardson, Madalene, van der Spuy, Gian D, Borgdorff, Martien W, Enarson, Donald A, Behr, Marcel A, van Helden, Paul D
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	New York, NY Am Thoracic Soc 15.06.2005 American Lung Association American Thoracic Society
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Age Distribution Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use Biological and medical sciences Child Cohort Studies Confidence Intervals Developing Countries Emergency and intensive cardiocirculatory care. Cardiogenic shock. Coronary intensive care Emergency and intensive care: techniques, logistics Female Humans Incidence Intensive care medicine Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Monitoring Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification Odds Ratio Prognosis Recurrence Retrospective Studies Risk Assessment Severity of Illness Index Sex Distribution South Africa - epidemiology Survival Analysis Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - diagnosis Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - drug therapy Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - epidemiology Urban Population South Africa molecular epidemiology Intensive care Mycobacterial infection Reinfection Epidemiology Survival Incidence Infection recurrence Treatment Tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis survival analysis Mycobacteriales Bacteriosis Mycobacteriaceae Bacteria Actinomycetes Resuscitation
ISSN:	1073-449X, 1535-4970
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