Proficiency of drug susceptibility testing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Taiwan

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1142-1147

  Jou, Ruwen ^a   Chiang, C Y ^b   Yu, C Y ^a   Wu, M H ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

Author keywords

Drug susceptibility testing; Proficiency; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TAIWAN;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ETHAMBUTOL; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIFAMPIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOMYCIN; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 70349218301     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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