Extensive transmission of an isoniazid-resistant strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Sweden

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 199-204

  Kan, Boris ^a   Berggren, I ^b   Ghebremichael, S ^c   Bennet, R ^a   Bruchfeld, J ^a   Chryssanthou, E ^a   Kallenius G ^c   Petersson, R ^c   Petrini, B ^a   Romanus, V ^c   Sylvan, S ^b   Kalin, M ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Department of Communicable Diseases Control and Prevention ^*  (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adherence; Cluster; Isoniazid resistance; Outbreak; Transmission; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT TRACING; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ISONIAZID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SWEDEN; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 38949117007     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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