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An outbreak of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among a family.

The Indian journal of tuberculosis - 1 Apr 2016

Iliaz Sinem, Caglar Emel, Koksalan Orhan Kaya, Chousein Efsun Gonca Ugur

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Tuberculosis is a major public health problem and it may be complicated by multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Wide transmission among immunocompetent contacts of the index case is possible. If you detect tuberculosis in two contacts of the index case, it is called an outbreak. The aim of our paper is to evaluate the characteristics of a MDR-TB outbreak affecting 7 people in a family treated during...

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PMID: 27451825
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijtb.2015.07.009

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