The global rise of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: is the time to bring back sanatoria now overdue?

Lancet. 2012 Feb 25;379(9817):773-5. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61062-3. Epub 2011 Oct 25.

Authors

Keertan Dheda¹, Giovanni B Migliori

Affiliation

¹ Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology and UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine and Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. keertan.dheda@uct.ac.za

PMID: 22033020
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61062-3

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis / drug therapy
Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis / epidemiology*
Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis / prevention & control
Hospitals, Chronic Disease*
Humans
Palliative Care