Spread of a Drug-Resistant Strain of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis among Homeless People in a German City;Ausbreitung eines zweifach-resistenten Mycobacterium-tuberculosis-Stammes unter Obdachlosen in einer deutschen Großstadt

Pneumologie

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-22

  Thielen, H ^a   Heykes Uden, H ^b   Niemann, S ^c  

^a Niedersachsisches L   (Germany)

^b Fachbereich Gesundheit Region Hannover   (Germany)

^c RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMANY; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; SPUTUM; STANDARD;

ADULT; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GERMANY; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 1042279476     PISSN: 09348387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-812442     Document Type: Article

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