2014
Minimal Diversity of Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains, South Africa - Volume 20, Number 3—March 2014 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Gandhi NR, Brust JC, Moodley P, Weissman D, Heo M, Ning Y, Moll AP, Friedland GH, Sturm AW, Shah NS. Minimal Diversity of Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains, South Africa - Volume 20, Number 3—March 2014 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2014, 20: 394-401. PMID: 24565645, PMCID: PMC3944869, DOI: 10.3201/eid2003.131083.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsXDR-TB casesMDR-TBXDR-TBTB casesDrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strainsInfectious Diseases journal - CDCDrug-susceptible TBDrug-resistant tuberculosisNon-Beijing strainsDrug-susceptible isolatesMycobacterium tuberculosis strainsStrain typesStrain prevalenceRetrospective studyHigh incidenceBeijing strainsTuberculosis strainsSpoligotype patternsPredominant strainMultidrugStrongest predictorMortalityTBSurvivalHIV
2009
Multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: consequences for the global HIV community
Shenoi S, Heysell S, Moll A, Friedland G. Multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: consequences for the global HIV community. Current Opinion In Infectious Diseases 2009, 22: 11-17. PMID: 19532076, PMCID: PMC3013226, DOI: 10.1097/qco.0b013e3283210020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug-resistant tuberculosisHIV patientsHIV communityIntegration of tuberculosisIndependent risk factorCourse of treatmentCommunity-based treatmentHIV careNew rapid diagnosticsRisk factorsClinical careNegative individualsTuberculosisPatientsMultidrugRapid diagnosticsCareTreatmentSusceptibility informationMorbidityHIVInfectionMortalityPhysicians