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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...
Autores principales: | Taylor, Allison B., Kurbatova, Ekaterina V., Cegielski, J. Peter |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2012
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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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