Exogenous Reinfection as a Cause of Multidrug-Resistant and Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Rural South Africa
Andrews JR, Gandhi NR, Moodley P, Shah NS, Bohlken L, Moll AP, Pillay M, Friedland G, Sturm AW, Collaboration O. Exogenous Reinfection as a Cause of Multidrug-Resistant and Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Rural South Africa. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2008, 198: 1582-1589. PMID: 18847372, DOI: 10.1086/592991.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug-resistant tuberculosisXDR tuberculosisExogenous reinfectionHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionEffective infection control strategiesInitial isolatesCause of MDRTB treatment programsTransmission of MDRCulture-positive tuberculosisHIV infection statusImmunodeficiency virus infectionInfection control strategiesDevelopment of MDRResistant tuberculosisMultidrug-ResistantHigh prevalenceVirus infectionPatientsReinfectionRural South AfricaTreatment programTuberculosisInfection statusTugela Ferry