Emerging threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis in southern Africa global and local challenges and solution : summary of a joint workshop

Emerging threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis in southern Africa : global and local challenges and solution : summary of a joint workshop / by the Institute of Medicine and the Academy of Science of South Africa ; Steve Olson, Yeonwoo Lebovitz, and Anne Claiborne, rapporteurs; Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation, Board of Medicine, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, and Academy of Science of South Africa.

Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press,
Description	xviii, 128 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis--Prevention --South Africa --Congresses. Tuberculosis--South Africa --Congresses. Drug resistance--Congresses.

Other author/creator	Claiborne, Anne B.
Other author/creator	Lebovitz, Yeonwoo.
Other author/creator	Olson, Steve, 1956-
Other author/creator	Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation.
Other author/creator	Academy of Science of South Africa.
Contents	Introduction -- The incidence of drug-resistant TB in South Africa -- Surveillance and tracking of drug-resistant TB -- Transmission and infection control -- Diganosis of drug-resistant TB -- Treatment of drug-resistant TB -- Drug-resistant TB in children -- Convergence of science and policy to create a blueprint for action.
Abstract	"Tuberculosis (TB) kills approximately 4,500 people worldwide every day. While most cases of TB can be treated with antibiotics, some strains have developed drug resistance that makes their treatment more expensive, more toxic and less effective for the patient. The IOM Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation and the Academy of Science of South Africa held a workshop to discuss ways to fight the growing threat of drug-resistant TB."--Publisher's website.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-93).
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Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2011377446
ISBN	9780309160247 (pbk.)
ISBN	0309160243 (pbk.)

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