Challenges and Controversies in Defining Totally Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

In March 2012, in response to reports of tuberculosis (TB) resistant to all anti-TB drugs, the World Health Organization convened an expert consultation that identified issues to be resolved before defining a new category of highly drug-resistant TB. Proposed definitions are ambiguous, and extensive...

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Autores principales: Cegielski, Peter, Nunn, Paul, Kurbatova, Ekaterina V., Weyer, Karin, Dalton, Tracy L., Wares, Douglas F., Iademarco, Michael F., Castro, Kenneth G., Raviglione, Mario
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3559144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23092736
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1811.120526