Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Denmark 1993-1995

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 299-301

  Viskum, K ^a   Kok Jensen, A ^a  

^a University Hospital ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Multidrug resistance; National survey; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 0031195996     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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