Pre-treatment loss to follow-up among children with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa, 2008–2010

Multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB is more difficult to diagnose and treat compared with drug-susceptible TB. Young children are at greater risk of severe TB disease and death when treatment is delayed compared to adults. We sought to describe characteristics of children (<13 years) diagnosed with MDR...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one Jg. 15; H. 4; S. e0230504
Hauptverfasser:	Moore, Brittany K., Erasmus, Linda, Ershova, Julia, Smith, Sarah E., Ndjeka, Norbert, Podewils, Laura J.
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	United States Public Library of Science 07.04.2020 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Schlagworte:	Age Children Comparative analysis Death Demographic variables Disease control Disease prevention Diseases Drug resistance Health aspects Health risks Health services Health surveillance Infections Laboratories Medical diagnosis Medical records Medical treatment Medicine and Health Sciences Microbial drug resistance Multidrug resistance Multidrug resistant organisms Patients People and Places Pretreatment Provinces Public sector Research and Analysis Methods Tuberculosis Variables South Africa Atlanta Georgia Georgia United States > US
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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