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Multi-drug-resistant- (MDR-) and extensively-drug-resistant- (XDR-) tuberculosis in Germany

C Lange, B Eker, S Rüsch-Gerdes, J Ortmann, G Migliori, R Mütterlein, P Hannemann, A Esselmann, B Kretz, T Schaberg, H Hang, S Ott, D Kirsten, C Schaudt, P Hammel, R Eberhardt, M Pletz, H Flick · Pneumologie · 2008 · Heft 04

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Zeitschrift
Pneumologie
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C Lange, B Eker, S Rüsch-Gerdes, J Ortmann, G Migliori, R Mütterlein, P Hannemann, A Esselmann, B Kretz, T Schaberg, H Hang, S Ott, D Kirsten, C Schaudt, P Hammel, R Eberhardt, M Pletz, H Flick
Ausgabe
Heft 04 / 2008
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Erschienen: 2008-04-07 00:00:00
ISSN
0934-8387
DOI
10.1055/s-2008-1074446

Zusammenfassung

Background: Although the incidence of tuberculosis is steadily declining in Germany, numbers of infections with multi-drug-resistant (MDR-) strains of M. tuberculosis are increasing. To identify clinical parameters associated with MDR-TB in Germany we performed a multicenter clinical survey. Methods: For the period of 2004–6 anonymized data from all patients with MDR-TB were retrospectively collected at participating german hospitals specialized in Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases. Results: Among 4328 culture-positive cases with tuberculosis at 26 participating cites 174 cases (4.0%) were drug-resist…

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Pneumologie