Epidemiology of drug-resistant tuberculosis among children and adolescents in South Africa, 2005-2010

OBJECTIVE: To describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of children and adolescents diagnosed with resistance to any anti-tuberculosis drug (drug-resistant tuberculosis; DR-TB) in South Africa.DESIGN: We retrospectively reviewed medical records of all children (

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Published in:The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease 2015-06, Vol.19 (6), p.663-669
Main Authors: Moore, B. K., Anyalechi, E., van der Walt, M., Smith, S., Erasmus, L., Lancaster, J., Morris, S., Ndjeka, N., Ershova, J., Ismail, N., Burton, D., Menzies, H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Age Distribution
Age Factors
Anti-HIV Agents - therapeutic use
Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use
Child
Cohort Review
Coinfection
Contact Tracing
Drug Resistance
Female
HIV Infections - diagnosis
HIV Infections - drug therapy
HIV Infections - epidemiology
Humans
Male
Medical Records
Mycobacterium
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
Pediatric
Predictive Value of Tests
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
South Africa
South Africa - epidemiology
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - diagnosis
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - drug therapy
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - epidemiology
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - mortality
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - transmission
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Summary:OBJECTIVE: To describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of children and adolescents diagnosed with resistance to any anti-tuberculosis drug (drug-resistant tuberculosis; DR-TB) in South Africa.DESIGN: We retrospectively reviewed medical records of all children (
ISSN:1027-3719
1815-7920
DOI:10.5588/ijtld.14.0879