Outcome of second-line tuberculosis treatment in migrants from vietnam: International organization for migration (IOM) tuberculosis working group

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 975-980

  Bollini, Paola ^e   Pampallona, Sandro ^e   O'Rourke, Thomas ^a   Jones, Warren ^a   Truong, Thai Binh ^a   Nguyen, Hien Phuc ^a   Bang, Le Cong ^b   An, Dang Quy ^c   Keane, Vincent P ^d   Siem, Harald ^a   Gushulak, Brian ^a  

^a IOM ^*  (Switzerland)

^b 30Th April Hospital   (Viet Nam)

^c CHO RAY HOSPITAL   (Viet Nam)

^d IOM   (Zimbabwe)

^e ForMed   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Immigrants and emigrants; Tuberculosis; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

CAPREOMYCIN; CYCLOSERINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; OFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; VIET NAM;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; VIETNAM;

EID: 0032432837     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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