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Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis as a cause of death in patients co-infected with tuberculosis and HIV in a rural area of South Africa.
Lancet (London, England) - 4 Nov 2006
Gandhi Neel R, Moll Anthony, Sturm A Willem, Pawinski Robert, Govender Thiloshini, Lalloo Umesh, Zeller Kimberly, Andrews Jason, Friedland Gerald
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The epidemics of HIV-1 and tuberculosis in South Africa are closely related. High mortality rates in co-infected patients have improved with antiretroviral therapy, but drug-resistant tuberculosis has emerged as a major cause of death. We assessed the prevalence and consequences of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis in a rural area in KwaZulu Natal, South...
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