Open AccessSurveillance of Antituberculosis Drug Resistance Among Children From the Western Cape Province of South Africa—An Upward Trend
Author(s) -
H. Simon Schaaf,
Ben Marais,
Anneke C. Hesseling,
Wendy Brittle,
Peter R. Donald
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2008.143271
Subject(s) - medicine , drug resistance , tuberculosis , odds ratio , isoniazid , transmission (telecommunications) , confidence interval , cape , drug , pediatrics , pharmacology , biology , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , geography , electrical engineering , engineering , archaeology
We assessed the prevalence of antituberculosis drug resistance among children with tuberculosis (TB) in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.