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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
Materias:	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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