Drug-resistant tuberculosis in India [1]

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1033-

  Almeida, Deepak ^a   Udwadia, Zarir F ^a   Rodrigues, Camilla ^a   Mehta, Ajita ^a  

^a P D HINDUJA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SPUTUM CULTURE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0036854431     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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