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Multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a report of cosmopolitan microbial migration and an analysis of best management practices.
BMC infectious diseases - 17 Sept 2020
Joean Oana, Thiele Thea, Schütz Katharina, Schwerk Nicolaus, Sedlacek Ludwig, Kalsdorf Barbara, Baumann Ulrich, Stoll Matthias
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BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) control is a primary global health priority but the goal to eliminate TB is being threatened by the increase in incidence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). With this series of seven MDR-TB cases in migrant patients with identical Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains we aim to illustrate the challenges encountered during therapy and follow-up: language barriers, access to...
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