Drug-resistant tuberculosis: concluding remarks.
This paper summarizes the presentations of the meeting on drug-resistant tuberculosis held in London in March of 2001. Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) is defined and the causes, risk factors, and recent treatment advances are briefly described. The larger social and economic environment in which MDR TB occurs is discussed.
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Tuberculosis Research Unit, Cardiothoracic Centre, Liverpool, UK. p.d.o.davies@liv.ac.uk
D006801:Humans; D010349:Patient Compliance; D012307:Risk Factors; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*