Multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain from equatorial guinea detected in spain

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1858-1860

  Gavín, Patricia ^a,b,c   Iglesias, María J ^c,d   Jiménez, María S ^e   Herrera León, Laura ^e   Rodríguez Valín, Elena ^e,f   Rastogi, Nalin ^g   March, Josefa ^e   González Palacios, Rosa ^h   Palenque, Elia ⁱ   Ayarza, Rafael ^j   Hurra, Elena ^k   Campos Herrero, Isolina ^l   Vitoria, María A ^c,m   Lezcano, María A ^b,c   Revillo, María J ^b,c   Martín, Carlos ^c,d   Samper, Sofía ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTO ARAGONÉS DE CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^f CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^g INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

ⁱ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^j HOSPITAL DE GALDAKAO   (Spain)

^k HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

^l HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GRAN CANARIA DR NEGRÍN   (Spain)

^m HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLONAL VARIATION; CODON; GENE MUTATION; GUINEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LETTER; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SPAIN; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350460743     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1511.090449     Document Type: Letter

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