Pilot study on multidrug resistant tuberculosis in Nigeria

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 184-187

  Lawson, L ^a   Habib, A G ^b,c   Okobi, M I ^d   Idiong, D ^a   Olajide, I ^a   Emenyonu, N ^a   Onuoha, N ^a   Cuevas, L E ^e   Ogiri, S O ^f  

^a ZANKLI MEDICAL CENTRE   (Nigeria)

^b AMINU KANO TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^c INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^d Wuse General Hospital   (Nigeria)

^e LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; human immunodeficiency virus; Nigeria; prevalence; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; HIV INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NIGERIA; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SPUTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956247310     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 09755764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.68355     Document Type: Article

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