Anti-tuberculosis drug resistance pattern among different category of tuberculosis patients

Journal of Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 45-47

  Rahman, Mostafizur ^a   Kamal, S M Mostafa ^b   Mohammed, Fazle Rabbi ^c   Alam, Md Billal ^d   Ahasan, Ham Nazmul ^d  

^a National Institute of Diseases of Chest and Hospital   (Bangladesh)

^b NIDCH   (Bangladesh)

^c DHAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

^d DHAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Drug susceptibility testing; Multi drug resistance; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

4 NITROBENZOIC ACID; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SPUTUM CULTURE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77953428361     PISSN: 19979797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jom.v10i2.2812     Document Type: Article

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