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Increasing Drug Resistance in Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, South Africa

Emerging Infectious Diseases, Volume 17, No. 3, Year 2011

We expanded second-line tuberculosis (TB) drug susceptibility testing for extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from South Africa. Of 19 patients with extensively drug-resistant TB identifi ed during February 2008-April 2009, 13 (68%) had isolates resistant to all 8 drugs tested. This resistance leaves no effective treatment with available drugs in South Africa.

Sarita Shah, N.
1. South Africa Tugela Ferry Care and Research Collaboration
2. United States, New York Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
3. United States, Bronx Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center
Richardson, Jessica
1. South Africa Tugela Ferry Care and Research Collaboration
2. United States, New York Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
3. United States, Bronx Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center
Moodley, Pravi
1. South Africa, Durban The Nelson R. Mandela Medical School
Moodley, Salona
1. South Africa, Durban The Nelson R. Mandela Medical School
Babaria, Palav
1. United States, New Haven Yale University
Ramtahal, Melissa
1. South Africa, Durban The Nelson R. Mandela Medical School
Heysell, Scott Kirkland
1. South Africa Tugela Ferry Care and Research Collaboration
Li, Xuan
1. South Africa Tugela Ferry Care and Research Collaboration
2. United States, New York Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
3. United States, Bronx Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center
Moll, Anthony P.
1. South Africa Philanjalo Care Center
Friedland, Gerald H.
1. United States, New Haven Yale University
Sturm, Adriaan Willem
1. South Africa, Durban The Nelson R. Mandela Medical School
Gandhi, Neel R.
1. South Africa Tugela Ferry Care and Research Collaboration
2. United States, New York Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
3. United States, Bronx Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center

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