Burden of the primary drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in HIV-positive patients

Conclusions: MDR-TB tuberculosis in comparison with HIV-negative pts. MDR TB was found 1.8 times more often among HIV-positive new TB pts. The causes of this phenomenon are to be investigated. We continue our research in the direction of estimation bacterial density in HIV+ and HIV- and MDR-TB clonal distribution in HIV affected areas.

Source: European Respiratory Journal - November 20, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Panova, A., Testov, V., Kaminskiy, G., Samoilova, A., Veselova, E., Vasilyeva, I. Tags: Tuberculosis Source Type: research