Pulmonary tuberculosis and drug resistance in Dhaka central jail, the largest prison in Bangladesh

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Banu, Sayera ^a   Hossain, Arman ^a   Uddin, Mohammad Khaja Mafij ^a   Uddin, Muhammad Reaj ^a   Ahmed, Tahmeed ^a   Khatun, Razia ^a   Mahmud, Asif Mujtaba ^b   Hyder, Khurshid Alam ^c   Lutfor, Afzalunnessa Binte ^d   Karim, Sirajul ^e   Zaman, Khalequ ^a   Khan, Ashraful Islam ^f   Barua, Pravat Chandra ^g   Luby, Stephen P ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

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

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d SIR SALIMULLAH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

^e ADMS Savar Cantonment   (Bangladesh)

^f Directorate of Prisons   (Bangladesh)

^g National TB Control Programme   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BANGLADESH; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MASS SCREENING; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POSTPRIMARY TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRISON; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; ODDS RATIO; PRISONS; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

BACILLI (CLASS);

EID: 77956286155     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010759     Document Type: Article

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