High prevalence of multi drug resistant tuberculosis in people living with HIV in Western India

Abstract Background Most studies assessing drug resistant tuberculosis (DRTB) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infected patients in India have used conventional culture- based systems to diagnose DRTB that have a longer turnaround time leading to risk of amplification of resistance to an emp...

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Main Authors: Neil Saldanha, Kiran Runwal, Charulata Ghanekar, Sunil Gaikwad, Shrivallabh Sane, Sanjay Pujari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-019-4042-z