Treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Thailand

Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue , 1996, Pages 10-15

  Maranetra, Khun Nanta ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Fluoroquinolones; Multidrug resistant TB; Ofloxacin; Resistance

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; OFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; QUINOLONE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THAILAND; TUBERCULOSIS;

ASIA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; DRUGS--THERAPEUTIC USE; HIV INFECTIONS; INCIDENCE; INFECTIONS; MEASUREMENT; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; THAILAND; TREATMENT; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRAL DISEASES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CLINICAL TRIALS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; FORECASTING; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; OFLOXACIN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; THAILAND; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 0029855254     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: 14219794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000239508     Document Type: Article

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