Emerging threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis in southern Africa : global and local challenges and solution : summary of a joint workshop /

"Tuberculosis (TB) kills approximately 4,500 people worldwide every day. While most cases of TB can be treated with antibiotics, some strains have developed drug resistance that makes their treatment more expensive, more toxic and less effective for the patient. The IOM Forum on Drug Discovery,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation, Academy of Science of South Africa
Otros Autores: Claiborne, Anne B., Lebovitz, Yeonwoo, Olson, Steve, 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2011.
Colección:Online access: National Academy of Sciences National Academies Press.
Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
Temas:
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis > South Africa > Prevention > Congresses.
Tuberculosis > South Africa > Congresses.
Drug resistance > Congresses.
Drug resistance.
Antitubercular agents.
Drug Resistance > South Africa > Congresses.
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant > prevention & control
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant > prevention & control > South Africa > Congresses.
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant > epidemiology > Africa, Southern > Congresses.
Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis > prevention & control > Africa, Southern > Congresses.
Drug Resistance
Antitubercular Agents > Africa, Southern > Congresses.
Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis > epidemiology > Africa, Southern > Congresses.
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant > prevention & control > Africa, Southern > Congresses.
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant > epidemiology
Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis > prevention & control
Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis > epidemiology
Antitubercular Agents
Tuberculose > Afrique du Sud > Congrès.
Résistance aux médicaments > Congrès.
Résistance aux médicaments.
Antituberculeux.
MEDICAL > Oncology.
Tuberculosis.
Africa, Southern.
South Africa
Africa, Southern
Afrique australe.
Southern Africa.
South Africa.
Congress
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The incidence of drug-resistant TB in South Africa
  • Surveillance and tracking of drug-resistant TB
  • Transmission and infection control
  • Diganosis of drug-resistant TB
  • Treatment of drug-resistant TB
  • Drug-resistant TB in children
  • Convergence of science and policy to create a blueprint for action.

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