Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the Florence province from 1992 to 1995

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 484-489

  Nutini, Sandra ^a   Tortoli, E ^a   Corrado, A ^a  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Multidrug resistant tuberculosis; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 0031815991     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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