Clinical Deterioration during Antitubercular Treatment at a District Hospital in South Africa: The Importance of Drug Resistance and AIDS Defining Illnesses

BACKGROUND: Clinical deterioration on drug therapy for tuberculosis is a common cause of hospital admission in Africa. Potential causes for clinical deterioration in settings of high HIV-1 prevalence include drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb), co-morbid illnesses, poor adherence to the...

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Autores principales: Pepper, Dominique J., Rebe, Kevin, Morroni, Chelsea, Wilkinson, Robert J., Meintjes, Graeme
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2642598/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19229341
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004520

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2642598/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19229341
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004520

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