Evidence of primary transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 148-152

  Gilpin, Christopher M ^a   Simpson, Graham ^b   Vincent, Stephen ^b   O'Brien, Terry P ^c   Knight, Trevor A ^b   Globan, Maria ^d   Coulter, Christopher ^a   Konstantinos, Anastasios ^c  

^a Pathology Queensland   (Australia)

^b CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^d VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 42449088248     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01557.x     Document Type: Review

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