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Severe adverse events during second-line tuberculosis treatment in the context of high HIV Co-infection in South Africa: a retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: According to the World Health Organization, South Africa ranks as one of the highest burden of TB, TB/HIV co-infection, and drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) countries. DR-TB treatment is complicated to administer and relies on the use of multiple toxic drugs, with potential for severe adverse d...

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Autores principales: Schnippel, Kathryn, Berhanu, Rebecca H., Black, Andrew, Firnhaber, Cynthia, Maitisa, Norah, Evans, Denise, Sinanovic, Edina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5073931/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27769174
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1933-0