Clinical deterioration during antitubercular treatment at a district hospital in South Africa: the importance of drug resistance and AIDS defining illnesses.

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Published in PLoS One on February 20, 2009

Authors

Dominique J Pepper1, Kevin Rebe, Chelsea Morroni, Robert J Wilkinson, Graeme Meintjes

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1: Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. dominiquepepper@gmail.com

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