Long term follow-up of drug resistant and drug susceptible tuberculosis contacts in a Low incidence setting

Long term follow-up of drug resistant and drug susceptible tuberculosis contacts in a Low incidence setting

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Studies examining the transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) strains have yielded conflicting results.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>We examined transmission of MDR-TB strains using contact tracing...

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Main Authors: Johnston James, Admon Andrew, Ibrahim Amir, Elwood Kevin, Tang Patrick, Cook Victoria, Fitzgerald Mark
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-10-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
Multidrug-resistant
Contact investigation
Epidemiology
Latent tuberculosis
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/12/266

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