Differences in drug resistance profiles of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates causing pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis in a medical centre in Taiwan, 2000-2010

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-129

  Lai, Chih Cheng ^a   Liu, Wei Lun ^a   Tan, Che Kim ^a   Huang, Yu Chuang ^b   Chung, Kuei Pin ^b   Lee, Meng Rui ^b   Hsueh, Po Ren ^b  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Drug resistance rate; Extrapulmonary tuberculosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

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

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BILIARY TRACT BIOPSY; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM SMEAR; TAIWAN; TISSUE CULTURE; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79959694800     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2011.03.016     Document Type: Article

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