Persistence of a highly resistant strain of tuberculosis in New York City during 1990-1999

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 356-363

  Munsiff, Sonal S ^a,c,f   Nivin, Beth ^a   Sacajiu, Galit ^a,d   Mathema, Barun ^b   Bifani, Pablo ^b,e   Kreiswirth, Barry N ^b  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^f NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; CAPREOMYCIN; CYCLOSERINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY INFECTION; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS STRAIN W; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; REINFECTION; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEW YORK CITY; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0042157316     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/376837     Document Type: Article

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