TY - JOUR AU - Stosic, Maja AU - Vukovic, Dejana AU - Babic, Dragan AU - Antonijevic, Gordana AU - Foley, Kristie L. AU - Vujcic, Isidora AU - Grujicic, Sandra Sipetic PY - 2018 DA - 2018/09/12 TI - Risk factors for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among tuberculosis patients in Serbia: a case-control study JO - BMC Public Health SP - 1114 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - Multidrug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) represents TB which is simultaneous resistant to at least rifampicin (R) and isoniazid (H). Identifying inadequate therapy as the main cause of this form of the disease and explaining the factors leading to its occurrence, numerous social determinants that affect the risk of developing resistance are highlighted. The objectives of the study was to identify independent factors of MDR-TB among tuberculosis patients. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-6021-5 DO - 10.1186/s12889-018-6021-5 ID - Stosic2018 ER -