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Review
. 2001 Dec:953:88-97.
doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb11364.x.

The burden of drug-resistant tuberculosis and mechanisms for its control

M C Raviglione  1 , R Gupta, C M Dye, M A Espinal
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Review

The burden of drug-resistant tuberculosis and mechanisms for its control

M C Raviglione et al. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2001 Dec.

Abstract

Drug resistance in tuberculosis is largely a man-made phenomenon caused by erroneous prescribing practices on the part of physicians and noncompliance on the part of patients. The global epidemiology of drug-resistant TB, the impact of standardized short-course chemotherapy (SSC), and the potential future evolution of MDR TB are discussed in this chapter.

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