Characteristics of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Abkhazia (Georgia), a high-prevalence area in Eastern Europe

Tuberculosis

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 317-324

  Pardini, Manuela ^a   Niemann, Stefan ^b   Varaine, Francis ^c   Iona, Elisabetta ^a   Meacci, Francesca ^d   Orrù, Germano ^e   Yesilkaya, Hasan ^f   Jarosz, Thierry ^g   Andrew, Peter ^f   Barer, Mike ^f   Checchi, Francesco ^h   Rinder, Heinz ⁱ   Orefici, Graziella ^a   Rüsch Gerdes, Sabine ^b   Fattorini, Lanfranco ^a   Oggioni, Marco Rinaldo ^d   Bonnet, Maryline ^j  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^c MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g 3Es ^*  (France)

^h LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ LGL   (Germany)

^j EPICENTRE   (France)

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Author keywords

Beijing genotype; Eastern Europe; Multidrug resistance; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; CAPREOMYCIN; CYCLOSERINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 67650587307     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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