A continuing survey of drug-resistant tuberculosis, New York City, April 1994

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 531-536

  Fujiwara, Paula I ^a,b,d   Cook, Sharlette V ^a   Rutherford, Colette M ^a   Crawford, Jach T ^b   Glickman, Suzanne E ^b   Kreiswirth, Barry N ^c   Sachdev, Puneet S ^a   Osahan, Sukhminder S ^a   Fbrahimzadeh, Adelah ^a   Frieden, Thomas R ^a,b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS RESISTANCE; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031048012     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.157.5.531     Document Type: Article

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