Programmatic implementation of rapid DST for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Peru

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 743-749

  Asencios, L ^a   Yale, G ^b   Yagui, M ^a   Quispe, N ^a   Taylor, A ^c   Blaya, J ^d   Contreras, C ^e   Cegielski, P ^c   Bayona, J ^d,e,f   Bonilla, C ^g   Shin, Sonya ^d,e,f,h  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Peru)

^b Laboratorio Regional   (Peru)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^e SOCIOS EN SALUD   (Peru)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g Peruvian National Tuberculosis Program   (Peru)

^h FXB Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

DST; Laboratories; Multidrug resistant; Resource poor settings; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; NITRATE REDUCTASE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRIESS METHOD; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 47149105266     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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