Transmission in the United States Virgin Islands and Florida of a multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain acquired in Puerto Rico

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 617-618

  Reichler, Mary R ^a,b   Valway, Sarah E ^b   Onorato, Ida M ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CONTACT TRACING; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PUERTO RICO; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034119147     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313698     Document Type: Article

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