A population-based study of drug resistance and transmission of tuberculosis in an urban community

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 970-976

  Telles, Maria Alice Silva ^a   Ferrazoli, L ^a   Waldman, E A ^b   Giampaglia, C M S ^a   Martins, M C ^a   Ueki, S Y M ^a   Chimara, E ^a   Silva, C A ^c   Cruz, V ^c   Waldman, C C S ^d   Heyn, I ^d   Hirono, I U ^e   Riley, L W ^f  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Laboratório de Saúde Pública Nossa Senhora do Ó   (Brazil)

^d Centro Referênda em DST AIDS Santana   (Brazil)

^e Pediatric Gastroenterologist   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; RFLP; Risk factors; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOZOCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM CULTURE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 27644581605     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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