Title 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.

Publication Info.	Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2011]
	©2011

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Description	1 online resource (xviii, 128 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-93).
Contents	Introduction -- 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.
Summary	"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.
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Subject	Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis -- South Africa -- Prevention -- Congresses.
	Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
	South Africa.
	Tuberculosis -- South Africa -- Congresses.
	Tuberculosis.
	Drug resistance -- Congresses.
	Drug resistance.
	Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant -- prevention & control.
	Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant -- epidemiology.
	Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis -- prevention & control.
	Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis -- epidemiology.
	Antitubercular Agents.
	Africa, Southern.
Genre/Form	Congress.
	Electronic books.
	Conference papers and proceedings.
	Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author	Claiborne, Anne B.
	Lebovitz, Yeonwoo.
	Olson, Steve, 1956-
	Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation.
	Academy of Science of South Africa.
Other Form:	Print version: Emerging threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis in southern Africa. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2011 0309160243 (OCoLC)711520935
ISBN	9780309160254 (electronic book)
	0309160251 (electronic book)
	0309160243
	9780309160247

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