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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 27.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Infect Dis. 2010 May 15;50(Suppl 3):S231–S237. doi: 10.1086/651496

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB) cases averted during 2007–2012 in Tugela Ferry, South Africa, with use of combinations of available strategies [43]. Efficacy of rapidly available combinations of strategies to reduce nosocomial transmission of XDR-TB. 5 pt, isolation of patients in groups of 5 patients; LOS, reduction in mean duration of stay to 5 days; Mask, both staff N95 respirators and patient masks with adherence enforcement; MODS, microscopic observed drug-susceptibility assay; VCT, voluntary counseling and testing of admitted patients, with subsequent antiretroviral therapy to those who qualify; Vent, improvements in natural ventilation.