Sanatoria for drug-resistant tuberculosis: An outdated response

The Lancet

Volumn 379, Issue 9832, 2012, Pages 2148-

  Hughes, Jennifer ^a   Cox, Helen ^a,b   Ford, Nathan ^a,b  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CASE FINDING; DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EXTENSIVELY DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOSPITAL; NOTE;

SANATORIA; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

EXTENSIVELY DRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; HOSPITALS, CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS;

EID: 84861943438     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60940-4     Document Type: Letter

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