Alarming Levels of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in HIV-Infected Patients in Metropolitan Mumbai, India

Isaakidis, Petros; Das, Mrinalini; Kumar, Ajay; Peskett, Christopher; Khetarpal, Minni; Bamne, Arun; Adsul, Balkrishna; Manglani, Mamta; Singh Sachdeva, Kuldeep; Parmar, Malik; Kanchar, Avinash; B. Rewari, B.; Deshpande, Alaka; Rodrigues, Camilla; Shetty, Anjali; Rebello, Lorraine; Saranchuk, Peter

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0110461

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Alarming Levels of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in HIV-Infected Patients in Metropolitan Mumbai, India

Published in PLoS ONE • Oct 21, 2014

Authors:

Petros Isaakidis

Mrinalini Das

Ajay Kumar

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) is a looming threat to tuberculosis control in India. However, no countrywide prevalence data are available. The burden of DR-TB in HIV-co-infected patients is likewise unknown. Undiagnosed and untreated DR-TB among HIV-infected patients is a major cau...

Subject

Tuberculosis

Medicine

Drug resistance

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