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Tuberculosis
Research on tuberculosis described by X. Shen and colleagues
March 3rd, 2009
According to recent research from Shanghai, People's Republic of China, "During 2000-2006, a regional anti-tuberculosis drug resistance surveillance study was conducted in Shanghai, China. To determine the prevalence, trends and risk factors for drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in Shanghai, China." "A retrospective study of all pulmonary TB patients reported in Shanghai during 2000-2006 was conducted. Of 8419 pulmonary TB patients, 16.6% had resistance to any first-line anti-tuberculosis drug and 4.0% had multidrug resistance (MDR). The percentage of TB patients with resistance to any first-line anti-tuberculosis drug and MDR significantly increased during 2000-2003 (P...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-03-03)
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