Tuberculosis Case Fatality and Other Causes of Death among Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients in a High HIV Prevalence Setting, 2000-2008, South Africa

INTRODUCTION: South Africa has the highest reported rates of multi-drug resistant TB in Africa, typified by poor treatment outcomes, attributable mainly to high default and death rates. Concomitant HIV has become the strongest predictor of death among MDR-TB patients, while anti-retroviral therapy (...

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Autores principales: van der Walt, Martie, Lancaster, Joey, Shean, Karen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4780825/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26950554
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144249

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4780825/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26950554
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144249

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