Diagnosis patterns for rifampicin-resistant TB after onset of COVID-19

Affiliations

¹ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Khayelitsha, South Africa, MSF Southern Africa Medical Unit, Cape Town, South Africa.
² Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Khayelitsha, South Africa.
³ City of Cape Town Department of Health, Eastern Area, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁴ Provincial Government of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁵ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

E Mohr-Holland et al. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2021.

. 2021 Sep 1;25(9):772-775.

doi: 10.5588/ijtld.21.0340.

¹ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Khayelitsha, South Africa, MSF Southern Africa Medical Unit, Cape Town, South Africa.
² Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Khayelitsha, South Africa.
³ City of Cape Town Department of Health, Eastern Area, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁴ Provincial Government of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁵ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

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