Drug-resistant tuberculosis, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, 2001-2007

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1913-1916

  Wallengren, Kristina ^a   Scano, Fabio ^b   Nunn, Paul ^b   Margot, Bruce ^c   Buthelezi, Sandile S S ^c   Williams, Brian ^d   Pym, Alexander ^e   Samuel, Elisabeth Y ^f   Mirzayev, Fuad ^b   Nkhoma, Wilfred ^b   Mvusi, Lindiwe ^g   Pillay, Yogan ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Department of Health ^*  (South Africa)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^f INKOSI ALBERT LUTHULI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^g NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84930478318     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1710.100952     Document Type: Article

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