Drug-resistant tuberculosis in Singapore, 1995 to 1996

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 549-556

  Boudville, I C ^a,b   Wong, S Y ^a   Snodgrass, I ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Department of Clinical Epidemiology ^*  (Singapore)

Author keywords

HIV; Initial resistance; Previous tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; SINGAPORE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ETHAMBUTOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISONIAZID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RIFAMPIN; SINGAPORE; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 0031455109     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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