Multidrug resistance emerging in North London outbreak [9]

Thorax

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 547-548

  Maguire, H ^a   Ruddy, M ^a   Bothamley, G ^b   Patel, B ^c   Lipman, M ^d   Drobniewski, F ^a   Yates, M ^a   Brown, T ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT;

DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ETHNOLOGY; GENE MUTATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; UNITED KINGDOM;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; LONDON; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 33745123674     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2005.052423     Document Type: Letter

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