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Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan: Treatment Complexity and XDR-TB among Treatment Failures

BACKGROUND: A pilot programme to treat multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) was implemented in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan in 2003. This region has particularly high levels of MDR-TB, with 13% and 40% among new and previously treated cases, respectively. METHODOLOGY: This study describes the treatment pro...

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Autores principales: Cox, Helen S., Kalon, Stobdan, Allamuratova, Sholpan, Sizaire, Vinciane, Tigay, Zinaida N., Rüsch-Gerdes, Sabine, Karimovich, Hamraev A., Kebede, Yared, Mills, Clair
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2040509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17987113
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001126