Two simultaneous outbreaks of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis - Federated States of Micronesia, 2007-2009

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 253-256

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ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDEMIC; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICRONESIA; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 62749184902     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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