Death rates in patients during and after MDR-TB treatment in a semi rural area of South Africa

M. Van der Walt, K. Shean, M. Van Rensburg (Pretoria, Klerskdorp, South Africa)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Risk factors and treatment outcomes in multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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