Tuberculosis burden in households of patients with multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: a retrospective cohort study

Multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis have emerged as major global health threats. WHO recommends contact investigation in close contacts of patients with MDR and XDR tuberculosis. We aimed to assess the burden of tuberculosis disease in household contacts of su...

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Published in:	The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 377; no. 9760; pp. 147 - 152
Main Authors:	Becerra, Mercedes C, Appleton, Sasha C, Franke, Molly F, Chalco, Katiuska, Arteaga, Fernando, Bayona, Jaime, Murray, Megan, Atwood, Sidney S, Mitnick, Carole D
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 08.01.2011 Elsevier Elsevier Limited
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Antitubercular Agents - pharmacology Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Child Cohort Studies Contact Tracing Cost of Illness Data collection drugs Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis - epidemiology Family Characteristics Female General aspects Global health Health risks Households Human bacterial diseases Humans Infection Control - methods Infectious diseases Internal Medicine Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Miscellaneous multiple drug resistance Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification patients Peru Peru - epidemiology Population Surveillance - methods Prevalence Public health Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Retrospective Studies risk Studies Tuberculosis Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - epidemiology Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - epidemiology World Health Organization Young Adult Peru Argentina, Buenos Aire, Lima Human Treatment resistance Household Patient Retrospective study Mycobacterial infection Infection Medicine Tuberculosis Cohort study Multiple resistance Bacteriosis Public health
ISSN:	0140-6736, 1474-547X, 1474-547X
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