Epidemiology of Primary Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Vladimir Region, Russia

Epidemiology of Primary Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Vladimir Region, Russia

We studied the epidemiology of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in Vladimir Region, Russia, in 2012. Most cases of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR TB) were caused by transmission of drug-resistant strains, and >33% were in patients referred for testing after mass radiographic screening. Early diagnos...

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Main Authors: Julia Ershova, Grigory V. Volchenkov, Dorothy A. Kaminski, Tatiana R. Somova, Tatiana A. Kuznetsova, Natalia V. Kaunetis, J. Peter Cegielski, Ekaterina V. Kurbatova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
multidrug resistance
primary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
MDR TB
tuberculosis
transmission
bacteria
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/11/15-0813_article

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