Drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the Sunamganj district of Bangladesh

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 142-145

  Storla, Dag Gundersen ^a,c   Rahim, Zeaur ^d   Islam, Mohammed Akramul ^e   Plettner, Steven ^f   Begum, Vikarunessa ^g   Myrvang, Bjørn ^b   Bjune, Gunnar ^a   Rønnild, Elisabet ^c   Dahle, Ulf ^c   Mannsåker, Turid ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d ICDDR B Centre for Health and Population Research   (Bangladesh)

^e RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

^f Destiny Associates   (Bangladesh)

^g National Tuberculosis Control Programme   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33847153978     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540600951242     Document Type: Article

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