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Exogenous reinfection as a cause of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in rural South Africa.

TitleExogenous reinfection as a cause of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in rural South Africa.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2008
AuthorsAndrews, Jason R., Neel R. Gandhi, Prashini Moodley, Sarita N. Shah, Louise Bohlken, Anthony P. Moll, Manormoney Pillay, Gerald Friedland, and Willem A. Sturm
Corporate AuthorsTugela Ferry Care and Research Collaboration
JournalThe Journal of infectious diseases
Volume198
Issue11
Pagination1582-9
Date Published2008 Dec 1
ISSN0022-1899
KeywordsAdult, Antitubercular Agents, Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Female, Genotype, HIV Infections, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, South Africa, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
AbstractMultidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB) are now major threats in areas of South Africa with a high prevalence of TB and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The role of exogenous reinfection as a cause of MDR and XDR TB in these settings has not been determined.
DOI10.1086/528859
Alternate JournalJ. Infect. Dis.

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