Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis-Prolonged course of disease

Respiratory Medicine CME

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 150-152

  Bartu, Vaclava ^a   Kopecka, Emilie ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Multidrug resistant tuberculosis; Susceptibility tests; Treatment regimen

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CAPREOMYCIN; CYCLOSERINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; OFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TAROFLOXACIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 49149093342     PISSN: 17550017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmedc.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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