Epidemiology and ethnic distribution of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in southern Israel, 1992-1997: The impact of immigration

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Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 738-743

  Gilad, Jacob ^a   Borer, Abraham ^a   Riesenberg, Klaris ^a   Peled, Nechama ^a   Schlaeffer, Francisc ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Immigration; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0034065679     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.117.3.738     Document Type: Article

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