Spread of drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis in Estonia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 3339-3345

  Kruuner A ^a   Hoffner, S E ^a   Sillastu, H ^a   Danilovits, M ^a   Levina, K ^a   Svenson, S B ^a   Ghebremichael, S ^a   Koivula, T ^a   Kallenius G ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0034828914     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.9.3339-3345.2001     Document Type: Article

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