Resistance status of Mycobacterium tuberculosis on the island of Crete, Greece

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 607-609

  Neonakis, I K ^a   Gitti, Z ^a   Baritaki, M ^a   Kourbeti, I S ^a   Baritaki, S ^b   Petinaki, E ^c   Maraki, S ^a   Krambovitis, E ^c   Spandidos, D A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; CAPREOMYCIN; CYCLOSERINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; NICOTINAMIDE; OFLOXACIN; PEFLOXACIN; PYRUVIC ACID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN; RIFAPENTINE; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA DETERMINATION; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GREECE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 34547121429     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-007-0341-1     Document Type: Article

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