2014-04-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2014-04-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
SETTING: Khayelitsha, South Africa, a peri-urban township with high burdens of tuberculosis (TB), drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
Cox HS, Escombe R, McDermid C, Mtshemla Y, Spelman T, et al.
2012-01-09 • PLOS One
2012-01-09 • PLOS One
Tuberculosis transmission in healthcare facilities contributes significantly to the TB epidemic, particularly in high HIV settings. Although improving ventilation may reduce transmission...
Cox HS, McDermid C, Azevedo VD, Muller O, Coetzee D, et al.
2010-11-15 • PLOS One
2010-11-15 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND: Although multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is emerging as a significant threat to tuberculosis control in high HIV prevalence countries such as South Africa, limited ...
Hanekom, Streicher EM, Van de Berg D, Cox HS, McDermid C, et al.
2013-07-30 • PLOS One
2013-07-30 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND Molecular genotyping methods have shown infection with more than one Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain genotype in a single sputum culture, indicating mixed infection.
