Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis outbreak associated with poor treatment adherence and delayed treatment: Arua District, Uganda, 2013–2017

BACKGROUND: In August 2017, the Uganda Ministry of Health was notified of increased cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Arua District, Uganda during 2017. We investigated to identify the scope of the increase and risk factors for infection, evaluate health facilities’ capacity to m...

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Autores principales: Okethwangu, Denis, Birungi, Doreen, Biribawa, Claire, Kwesiga, Benon, Turyahabwe, Stavia, Ario, Alex R., Zhu, Bao-Ping
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6503550/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31064332
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4014-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6503550/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31064332
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4014-3

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