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Rifampicin-monoresistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis disease among children in Cape Town, South Africa.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 1 Jan 2012
Dramowski A, Morsheimer M M, Jordaan A M, Victor T C, Donald P R, Schaaf H S
Abstract excerpt
SETTING: Tygerberg Children's Hospital (TCH) and Brooklyn Chest Hospital (BCH), South Africa. OBJECTIVES: To describe paediatric cases of rifampicin (RMP) monoresistant tuberculosis (RMR-TB) disease. DESIGN: Records of children with culture-confirmed RMR-TB between 1 March 2003 and 28 February 2009 were identified from a prospectively recorded database of drug-resistant TB at TCH and BCH. Mutation analysis was...
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