Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among male inmates in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-19

  Da Silva Lourenço, Maria Cristina ^a   Da Silva, Marlei Gomes ^b   Fonseca, Leila De Souza ^b  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

M. tuberculosis; Multi drug resistance; Prisons

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744512346     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: 16784405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1517-83822000000100005     Document Type: Article

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