Surveillance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug resistance in Hong Kong, 1986-1999, after the implementation of directly observed treatment

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 815-823

  Kam, K M ^a   Yip, C W ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Epidemiology; Hong Kong; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETREATMENT; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; ETHAMBUTOL; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIFAMPIN; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STREPTOMYCIN; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 0034849656     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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