The first occurrence of a multi-drug resistant tuberculosis epidemic in the Czech Republic caused by genetically closely related Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 24-27

  Kubin M ^a   Havelkova M ^a   Hyncicova I ^a   Svecova Z ^b   Kaustova J ^c   Kremer, K ^d   Van Soolingen, D ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^b 3rd Faculty of Medicine   (Czech Republic)

^c Regional Institute of Hygiene   (Czech Republic)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Czech republic; Multi drug resistance; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CZECH REPUBLIC; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA TRANSPOSITION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRISONER; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RIFAMPIN; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 0034053587     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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