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Molecular epidemiology, susceptibility profiles, outcomes and transmission dynamics in patients with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) in two provinces of South Africa

Background: Recent gains in TB control in South Africa are being reversed by drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB and XDR-TB), which has a high mortality, is a threat to health care workers, and is prohibitively costly to treat. MDR-TB has been supplanted by XDR-TB, resistance beyond XDR-TB, and prog...

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Main Author: Pietersen, Gerbrecht Elizabeth
Other Authors: Dheda, Keertan
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Department of Medicine 2017
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