Drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Western Turkey: A retrospective study from 1100-bed teaching hospital

Journal of Infection

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 306-311

  Senol, Gunes ^a,b   Komurcuoglu, Berna ^a   Komurcuoglu, Ali ^a  

^a Training Hospital   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Multidrug resistance; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TUBERCULOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURKEY;

EID: 17444380856     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2004.05.010     Document Type: Article

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