Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) among health care workers in South Africa

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1179-1184

  Jarand, Julie ^a,b   Shean, Karen ^b   O'Donnell, Max ^c   Loveday, Marian ^d   Kvasnovsky, Charlotte ^e   Van Der Walt, Martie ^d   Adams, Shahieda ^a   Willcox, Paul ^b   O'Grady, Justin ^f   Zumla, Alimuddin ^f   Dheda, Keertan ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

extensively drug resistant; health worker; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; CAPREOMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLOSERINE; DAPSONE; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TERIZIDONE; THIOACETAZONE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG RESISTANCE; HEALTH WORKER; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTENSIVELY DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; COMPLICATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

CAPE PROVINCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 77956627841     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02590.x     Document Type: Article

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