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The Emerging Threat of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Southern Africa : Global and Local Challenges and Solutions: Workshop Summary.

Tuberculosis (TB) kills approximately 4,500 people worldwide every day. While most cases of TB can be treated with antibiotics, some strains have developed drug resistance that makes their treatment more expensive, more toxic and less effective for the patient. The IOM Forum on Drug Discovery, Devel...

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Main Authors: Lebovitz, Yeonwoo (Author), Claiborne, Anne B. (Author)
Corporate Authors: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation (Author), Academy of Science of South Africa (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: National Academies Press 2011.
Subjects:
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis > South Africa > Prevention > Congresses.
Tuberculosis > South Africa > Congresses.
Drug resistance > Congresses.
Tuberculosis.
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
Mycobacterial diseases.
Gram-positive bacterial infections.
Bacterial diseases.
Diseases.
Drug resistance.
Tuberculosis
Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant
Pharmacological Phenomena
Mycobacterium Infections
Physiological Phenomena
Actinomycetales Infections
Phenomena and Processes
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
Bacterial Infections
Disease
Drug Resistance
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ISBN:9780309160247
0309160243
1283081547
9781283081542
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