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Tuberculosis
Research on tuberculosis described by scientists at Fudan University
December 2nd, 2008
"This study aimed to describe the prevalence of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) among pulmonary TB patients in rural China and to determine the extent of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) circulating in areas with varied duration of Directly Observed Treatment, Short Course (DOTS) implementation. A cross-sectional study was conducted in two rural counties in eastern China: Deqing with over 10 years DOTS implementation and Guanyun under its second year of DOTS," scientists in Shanghai, People's Republic of China report. "The subjects were all culture-positive pulmonary TB patients newly diagnosed or re-treated during 12 months of 2004-2005. The proportion method was used...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-12-02)
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