Prevalence of Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance in Foreign-Born Tuberculosis Cases in the U.S. and in Their Countries of Origin

BACKGROUND: Foreign-born individuals comprise >50% of tuberculosis (TB) cases in the U.S. Since anti-TB drug resistance is more common in most other countries, when evaluating a foreign-born individual for TB, one must consider the risk of drug resistance. Naturally, clinicians query The Global P...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Taylor, Allison B., Kurbatova, Ekaterina V., Cegielski, J. Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3492290/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23145161
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049355

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3492290/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23145161
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049355

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