Marx, Florian M.Dunbar, RoryEnarson, Donald A.Beyers, Nulda(PLoS, 2012-09)
Rationale: High rates of recurrent tuberculosis after successful treatment have been reported from different high burden settings in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, little is known about the rate of smear-positive tuberculosis ...
Seddon, James A.Godfrey-Faussett, PeterJacobs, KayleenEbrahim, AdamHesseling, Anneke C.Schaaf, H. Simon(European Respiratory Society, 2012-06)
The treatment of drug‐resistant (DR) tuberculosis (TB) necessitates the use of second‐line injectable
anti‐TB drugs which are associated with hearing loss. Hearing loss affects communication and for
children the development ...
Pediatric TB provides unique opportunities to study TB disease epidemiology. Improved diagnostics are of key importance in order to address many of the challenges posed by TB in children. In the Western Cape Province in ...