High-risk screening and detection of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in two prefectures of China: a drug susceptibility surveillance-based secondary data analysis

• Main Authors: Zhiqi Yang (Author), Changming Zhou (Author), Zhu Ning (Author), Wei Lu (Author), Qi Zhao (Author), Yi Hu (Author), Vinod K. Diwan (Author), Biao Xu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: In China, less than one-fifth of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) cases are detected. MDR-TB screening is conducted amongst the following five high-risk groups of TB patients: chronic cases, close contacts of MDR-TB patients, patients with treatment failure, relapsed and returne...