Recurrence Is a Noticeable Cause of Rifampicin-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the Elderly Population in Jiangxi, China

• Main Authors: Qiang Chen (Author), Linfeng Peng (Author), Guangchu Xiong (Author), Yiping Peng (Author), Dong Luo (Author), Lijin Zou (Author), Kaisen Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Setting: Rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB) in elderly people in Jiangxi Province, China.Objective: To investigate the incidence of RR-TB and risk factors in elderly people within a hospital setting in China.Design: Retrospective cohort study.Methods: A comparative study was performed to anal...