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Pre-treatment loss to follow-up among children with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa, 2008–2010

Multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB is more difficult to diagnose and treat compared with drug-susceptible TB. Young children are at greater risk of severe TB disease and death when treatment is delayed compared to adults. We sought to describe characteristics of children (<13 years) diagnosed with MDR...

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Autores principales: Moore, Brittany K., Erasmus, Linda, Ershova, Julia, Smith, Sarah E., Ndjeka, Norbert, Podewils, Laura J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7138297/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32255811
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230504