Drug-resistant tuberculosis: review of the worldwide situation and the WHO/IUATLD global surveillance project

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1997, Pages

  Cohn, David L ^a,b   Bustreo, Flavia ^a   Raviglione, Mario C ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Denver Disease Control Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; KOREA; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0031021203     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/24.supplement_1.s121     Document Type: Article

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