High Prevalence of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Swaziland, 2009–2010

In Africa, although emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) represents a serious threat in countries severely affected by the HIV epidemic, most countries lack drug-resistant TB data. This finding was particularly true in the Kingdom of Swaziland, which has the world's highest...

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Published in:	Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 29 - 37
Main Authors:	Sanchez-Padilla, Elisabeth, Dlamini, Themba, Ascorra, Alexandra, Rüsch-Gerdes, Sabine, Tefera, Zerihun Demissie, Calain, Philippe, de la Tour, Roberto, Jochims, Frauke, Richter, Elvira, Bonnet, Maryline
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.01.2012 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Antimalarials - pharmacology bacteria Care and treatment Cross-Sectional Studies drug resistance Drug resistance in microorganisms Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial Female Health aspects HIV (Viruses) HIV infection Humans Male MDR Medical research Medicine, Experimental multidrug resistance Mycobacterium tuberculosis Population Surveillance Prevalence Prevalence studies (Epidemiology) Surveys Swaziland - epidemiology Tuberculosis Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - epidemiology Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - epidemiology Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - microbiology Young Adult Swaziland South Africa
ISSN:	1080-6040, 1080-6059, 1080-6059
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