Progressive rise of Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance to rifampicin and streptomycin in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Respirology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 317-322

  Al Hajjaj, Mohamed Saleh ^a   Al Kassimi, Feisal Abdallah ^a   Al Mobeireek, Abdallah Fahad ^a   Alzeer, Abdulaziz Hamd ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Resistance; Rifampicin; Streptomycin; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RIFAMPIN; SAUDI ARABIA; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0035700510     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1843.2001.00344.x     Document Type: Article

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