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Burden of drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis in Pakistani children: A cross-sectional study

2019-04-26

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<h4>Introduction: </h4> The incidence of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is rapidly increasing worldwide. Children in high TB burden countries are rapidly being reported to be affected by Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistant to isoniazid and rifampicin. The aim of this study is to evaluate the pattern of drug sensitivity among children suffering with TB. <h4>Methods: </h4>: Known cases of pulmonary TB, with sput...

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Literature Corpus work: 850378aa-982c-5f6b-a3dd-a7590958ca1c
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.18507.2

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