Scaling up anti-mycobacterial drug susceptibility testing services in India: It is high time

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 209-211

  Singh, S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

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Indexed keywords

ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; OFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

AFRICA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 48249145342     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.42029     Document Type: Editorial

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