Open AccessThe Prevalence and Drug Sensitivity of Tuberculosis among Patients Dying in Hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A Postmortem Study
Author(s) -
Ted Cohen,
Megan Murray,
Kristina Wallengren,
Gonzalo G. Alvarez,
Elizabeth Y. Samuel,
Douglas Wilson
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
plos medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.847
H-Index - 228
eISSN - 1549-1676
pISSN - 1549-1277
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000296
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , medicine , isoniazid , cause of death , tuberculosis diagnosis , antibiotics , mycobacterium tuberculosis , pediatrics , disease , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
A postmortem study by Ted Cohen and colleagues reveals a huge toll of tuberculosis among patients dying in hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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