High prevalence of tuberculosis in previously treated patients, Cape Town, South Africa

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1189-1194

  Den Boon, Saskia ^a,b,c   Van Lill, Schalk W P ^a   Borgdorff, Martien W ^b,c   Enarson, Donald A ^d   Verver, Suzanne ^b,c   Bateman, Eric D ^e   Irusen, Elvis ^a   Lombard, Carl J ^f   White, Neil W ^e   De Villiers, Christine ^g   Beyers, Nulda ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^d INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^f SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^g City of Cape Town   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34548420628     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1308.051327     Document Type: Article

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