Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis case in the Thames Valley, UK and public health interventions

• Main Authors: Muhammad Abid (Author), Noel McCarthy (Author), Luisa Saldaña (Author), Tracey Langham (Author), Anne McGown (Author), Christopher Conlon (Author), Pablo de Vena Franks (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: This study describes the first case of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) in the Thames Valley and South East Region and discuss the public health implications, highlighting the need to integrate current epidemiological knowledge with clinical expertise in order to diagnose dr...