Multidrug resistant tuberculosis in Auckland 1988-95

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 1041, 1997, Pages 119-122

  Cameron, R J ^b   Harrison, Adrian C ^a  

^a GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CAPREOMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOFAZIMINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEW ZEALAND; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RECURRENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0030899968     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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