Prevalence of antituberculosis drug resistance in Harar Tuberculosis Centre, Ethiopia

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 158-161

  Mitike, Getnet ^a   Kebede, Derege ^b   Yeneneh, Hailu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; THIOACETAZONE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

DRUG RESISTANCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; SCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; PREVALENCE; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

ETHIOPIA, HARAR;

EID: 0030879703     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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