Initial resistance to antituberculosis drugs in Yaounde, Cameroon in 1995

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 110-114

  Bercion, R ^a   Kuaban, C ^b  

^a CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^b Hopital Jamot   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Antituberculosis drugs; Cameroon; Initial resistance

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CLASSIFICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAMEROON; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 0031107467     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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