Transmission of multidrug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a high incidence community

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 548-549

  Victor, T C ^a   Warren, R ^a   Beyers, N ^a   Van Helden, P D ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRULENCE;

DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISONIAZID; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0031182793     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01708244     Document Type: Article

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