Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Despite the efforts made worldwide to reduce the number of cases of drug-susceptible tuberculosis, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) constitutes an important public health issue. Around 440,000 new cases of MDR-TB are estimated annually, although in 2008 only 7% of these (29,423 cases) were...
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Formato: | Artigo |
Idioma: | English |
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Elsevier
2013-03-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
Acceso en liña: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S141386701300055X |