Tuberculosis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 745-755

  Zumla, Alimuddin ^a   Raviglione, Mario ^b   Hafner, Richard ^c   Von Reyn, C Fordham ^d  

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

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6,7 DIHYDRO 2 NITRO 6 (4 TRIFLUOROMETHOXYBENZYLOXY) 5H IMIDAZO[2,1 B][1,3]OXAZINE; ACTG 5279; AMIKACIN; AZD 5847; BEDAQUILINE; CAPREOMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DELAMANID; EFAVIRENZ; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; GATIFLOXACIN; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; LINEZOLID; MOXIFLOXACIN; N (2 ADAMANTYL) N' GERANYLETHYLENEDIAMINE; NITROIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; OXAZOLIDINONE DERIVATIVE; PROTIONAMIDE; PYRAZINAMIDE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN; RIFAPENTINE; SC 109; SUTEZOLID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; EUROPE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PAKISTAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBERCULIN TEST; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; XPERT MTB/RIF ASSAY;

EID: 84874010711     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1200894     Document Type: Review

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