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A close-up on the epidemiology and transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Poland.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 Jan 2015
Jagielski T, Brzostek A, van Belkum A, Dziadek J, Augustynowicz-Kopeć E, Zwolska Z
Abstract excerpt
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) poses a serious challenge to the global control of the disease. The purpose of this study was to characterize MDR-TB patients from Poland and to determine the extent of MDR-TB disease attributable to recent transmission. The study included all 46 patients diagnosed with MDR-TB in Poland in 2004 and followed up for 6 years (until 2011). For each patient, sociodemographic...
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