Drug-resistant tuberculosis in Korea, 1994

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 302-308

  Kim, S J ^a   Bai, G H ^a   Hong, Y P ^a  

^a Korean Institute of Tuberculosis   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Korea; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KOREA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KOREA; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REGISTRIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 0031196363     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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