TY - JOUR
T1 - Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in patients for whom first-line treatment failed, Mongolia, 2010–2011
AU - Dobler, Claudia C.
AU - Korver, Sarah
AU - Batbayar, Ochirbat
AU - Nyamdulam, Batiargal
AU - Oyuntsetseg, Sodnomdarjaa
AU - Tsolmon, Bold
AU - Surmaajav, Bazarragchaa
AU - Bayarjargal, Byambaa
AU - Marais, Ben J.
PY - 2015/7/23
Y1 - 2015/7/23
N2 - In Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) was diagnosed for more than a third of new sputum smear–positive tuberculosis patients for whom treatment had failed. This finding suggests a significant risk for community-acquired MDR TB and a need to make rapid molecular drug susceptibility testing available to more people.
AB - In Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) was diagnosed for more than a third of new sputum smear–positive tuberculosis patients for whom treatment had failed. This finding suggests a significant risk for community-acquired MDR TB and a need to make rapid molecular drug susceptibility testing available to more people.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84937405758&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3201/eid2108.141860
DO - 10.3201/eid2108.141860
M3 - Article
C2 - 26196504
AN - SCOPUS:84937405758
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 21
SP - 1451
EP - 1454
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 8
ER -