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Tuberculosis in children exposed at home to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.

The Pediatric infectious disease journal - 1 Feb 2013

Becerra Mercedes C, Franke Molly F, Appleton Sasha C, Joseph J Keith, Bayona Jaime, Atwood Sidney S, Mitnick Carole D

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BACKGROUND: The tuberculosis burden in children exposed at home to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is unquantified. With limited access to MDR-TB treatment, likely millions of children share the experience of chronic exposure to an infectious patient. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of child and adult household contacts of patients treated for MDR-TB in Lima, Peru, in 1996 to 2003....

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PMID: 22926210
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31826f6063

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