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Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Burkina Faso
- Source :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 16, Iss 5, Pp 840-842 (2010)
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010.
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Abstract
- Because data from countries in Africa are limited, we measured the proportion of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB) cases among TB patients in Burkina Faso for whom retreatment was failing. Of 34 patients with multidrug-resistant TB, 2 had an XDR TB strain. Second-line TB drugs should be strictly controlled to prevent further XDR TB increase.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10806040 and 10806059
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.3b94279f0e144ce8e2f706c00ec16ed
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1605.091262