Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in prison inmates, Azerbaijan

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 855-861

  Pfyffer, Gaby E ^a   Strässle, Anni ^a   Van Gorkum, Tamara ^b   Portaels, Françoise ^c   Rigouts, Leen ^c   Mathieu, Christine ^d   Mirzoyev, Fuad ^d   Traore, Hamidou ^c   Van Embden, Jan D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d Intl Committee of the Red Cross   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AZERBAIJAN; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRISON; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0035195695     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0705.017514     Document Type: Article

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