Declining drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from elderly patients in Taiwan, 2000-2008

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1413-1416

  Liu, W L ^a   Lai, C C ^a   Tan, C K ^a   Lin, S H ^b   Huang, Y T ^c   Liao, C H ^d   Hsueh, P R ^c  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b Taipei County Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; OFLOXACIN; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78449231947     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-010-1019-7     Document Type: Article

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