High rates of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Sinaloa State, Mexico

Journal of Infection

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 411-412

  Zazueta Beltran, Jorge ^a   Muro Amador, Secundino ^a   Flores Gaxiola, Adrián ^a,b   Llausas Magaña, Eduardo ^c   León Sicairos, Nidia ^c,d   Canizalez Roman, Adrián ^a,d  

^a Secretary of Health   (Mexico)

^b ISSSTE Hospital   (Mexico)

^c HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SINALOA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RADIOMETRY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; MEXICO; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33947265297     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2006.03.035     Document Type: Letter

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