Efficacy of low-dose ofloxacin in the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Indonesia

Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1999, Pages 19-25

  Mangunnegoro, Hadiarto ^a,b   Hudoyo, Achmad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^b Indonesia Persahabatan Hospital   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Multidrug resistant tuberculosis; Ofloxacin

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDONESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFLOXACIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0032854774     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000048478     Document Type: Conference Paper

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