Primary Drug Resistance and Molecular Epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from Patients in a Population with High Tuberculosis Incidence in Turkey

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 361-366

  Durmaz, Riza ^a   Ozerol, Ibrahim Halil ^a   Durmaz, Bengul ^a   Gunal, Selami ^a   Senoglu, Aydin ^b   Evliyaoglu, Ercument ^b  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0842264378     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/107662903322762798     Document Type: Article

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