Anti-tuberculosis drug resistance in the West Province of Cameroon

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 356-360

  Kuaban, C ^a,b   Bercion, R ^b   Noeske, J ^a   Cunin, P ^b   Nkamsse, P ^c   Ngo Niobe, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^c Hlth Deleg W Prov of Cameroon ^*  (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Drug resistance; Tuberculosis; West Province

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CAMEROON; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CAMEROON; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OBSERVATION; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SEROTYPING; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0034076295     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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