Assessment of drug-susceptible and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in the Central Region of Somalia: A 3-year retrospective study.

• Main Authors: Mohamed Abdelrahman Mohamed (Author), Omer Abdikarin Ali (Author), Aamir Muse Osman (Author), Mustapha Goni Abatcha (Author), Abdirahman Abdirizak Ahmed (Author), Ali Mohamed Ali (Author), Abdifatah Ahmed Dirie (Author), Celso José Bruno de Oliveira (Author), Abdinasir Yusuf Osman (Author), Shu-Hua Wang (Author), Rafael F C Vieira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) remains a public health emergency and a threat globally. Although increasing MDR-TB cases have been recently reported in Somalia, limited information is known. This study aims to determine the prevalence of drug-susceptible and...