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Programmatically Selected Multidrug-Resistant Strains Drive the Emergence of Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in South Africa
BACKGROUND: South Africa shows one of the highest global burdens of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB). Since 2002, MDR-TB in South Africa has been treated by a standardized combination therapy, which until 2010 included ofloxacin, kanamycin, ethionamide...
Autores principales: | Müller, Borna, Chihota, Violet N., Pillay, Manormoney, Klopper, Marisa, Streicher, Elizabeth M., Coetzee, Gerrit, Trollip, Andre, Hayes, Cindy, Bosman, Marlein E., Gey van Pittius, Nicolaas C., Victor, Thomas C., Gagneux, Sebastien, van Helden, Paul D., Warren, Robin M. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3751934/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24058399 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0070919 |
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