Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance in HIV-infected patients from a tertiary care teaching hospital in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 421-425

  Wolfart, M ^a   Barth, A L ^a,b   Willers, D ^a   Zavascki, A P ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; HIV; Isoniazid; Multidrug resistant tuberculosis; Rifampicin; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RADIOMETRY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 41749098795     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.02.017     Document Type: Article

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