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Rates of Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance in Kampala-Uganda Are Low and Not Associated with HIV Infection
BACKGROUND: Drug resistance among tuberculosis patients in sub-Saharan Africa is increasing, possibly due to association with HIV infection. We studied drug resistance and HIV infection in a representative sample of 533 smear-positive tuberculosis patients diagnosed in Kampala, Uganda. METHODS/PRINC...
Autores principales: | Lukoye, Deus, Cobelens, Frank G. J., Ezati, Nicholas, Kirimunda, Samuel, Adatu, Francis E., Lule, Joseph K., Nuwaha, Fred, Joloba, Moses L. |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3018425/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21249225 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016130 |
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