HIV coinfection among multidrug resistant and extnsively drug resistant tuberculosis patients - A trend

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 281-286

  Rajasekaran, S ^a   Chandrasekar, C ^a   Mahilmaran, A ^a   Kanakaraj, K ^a   Karthikeyan, D S A ^a   Suriakumar, J ^a,b  

^a GOVERNMENT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Department of Microbiology ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB); Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); Multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB); Trend

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CAPREOMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EXTENSIVELY DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; TREND STUDY; ADOLESCENT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; INDIA; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EXTENSIVELY DRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 70349254953     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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