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Paediatric chemoprophylaxis for child contacts of patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis: Are current guidelines effective in preventing disease?

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: The World Health Organization estimates that there were 480 000 new cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in 2013. Alarmingly, 40% of MDR-TB cases for which second-line drug susceptibility test results were reported originated in South Africa (SA). This has important implications in vulnerable pop- ulations, such as children, where infection with drug-resistant strains of TB are usually attributable to transmission rather than acquisition of resistance.

Source: South African Medical Journal

DOI: 10.7196/samj.9500

Authors: Nesri Padayatchi, Naressa Naidu

Institutions: South African Medical Research Council, Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Language: English

Topic: Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $311