Editorial: Managing drug-resistant tuberculosis: Experiences from India

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 493-496

  Katoch, Vishwa M ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; OFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; EDITORIAL; EXPERIENCE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; GOVERNMENT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; REVIEW;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS; INDIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 77952278013     PISSN: 14787210     EISSN: 17448336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/eri.10.33     Document Type: Editorial

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