SUMMARY
Conclusion:Despite decreasing tuberculosis notifications overall, notifications of MDRTB and proportions of episodes with MDR increased in the larger company. Cure must be ensured in first episodes to prevent acquired resistance. Improved coverage of culture, drug susceptibility testing and HIV testing is required to allow treatment to be optimised.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.