Extensively Drug‐Resistant Tuberculosis in California, 1993–2006
Author(s) -
Ritu Banerjee,
Jennifer R. Allen,
Janice Westenhouse,
Peter Oh,
William Elms,
Ed Desmond,
Annette T. Nitta,
Sarah Royce,
Jennifer Flood
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/590009
Subject(s) - medicine , capreomycin , tuberculosis , extensively drug resistant tuberculosis , isoniazid , amikacin , drug resistance , sputum culture , public health , sputum , rifampicin , ethambutol , mycobacterium tuberculosis , drug , pediatrics , antibiotics , pharmacology , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB) is a global public health emergency. We investigated the characteristics and extent of XDR TB in California to inform public health interventions.
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