Pre-treatment loss to follow-up among children with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa, 2008-2010

Multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB is more difficult to diagnose and treat compared with drug-susceptible TB. Young children are at greater risk of severe TB disease and death when treatment is delayed compared to adults. We sought to describe characteristics of children (

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Published in:PloS one 2020-04, Vol.15 (4), p.e0230504-e0230504
Main Authors: Moore, Brittany K, Erasmus, Linda, Ershova, Julia, Smith, Sarah E, Ndjeka, Norbert, Podewils, Laura J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Children
Comparative analysis
Death
Demographic variables
Disease control
Disease prevention
Diseases
Drug resistance
Health aspects
Health risks
Health services
Health surveillance
Infections
Laboratories
Medical diagnosis
Medical records
Medical treatment
Medicine and Health Sciences
Microbial drug resistance
Multidrug resistance
Multidrug resistant organisms
Patients
People and Places
Pretreatment
Provinces
Public sector
Research and Analysis Methods
Tuberculosis
Variables
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Summary:Multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB is more difficult to diagnose and treat compared with drug-susceptible TB. Young children are at greater risk of severe TB disease and death when treatment is delayed compared to adults. We sought to describe characteristics of children (
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0230504