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HIV/AIDS Co-Infection
Study findings from N.S. Shah et al provide new insights into HIV/AIDS co-infection
December 16th, 2008
"Context Worldwide emergence of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) has raised global public health concern, given the limited therapy options and high mortality. Objectives To describe the epidemiology of XDR-TB in the United States and to identify unique characteristics of XDR- TB cases compared with multidrug- resistant TB (MDR-TB) and drug- susceptible TB cases," scientists writing in the Jama - Journal of the American Medical Association report. "Setting, and Patients Descriptive analysis of US TB cases reported from 1993 to 2007. Extensively drug- resistant TB was defined as resistance to isoniazid, a rifamycin, a fluoroquinolone, and at least...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-12-16)
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