Endogenous reactivation followed by exogenous re-infection with drug resistant strains, a new challenge for tuberculosis control in Saudi Arabia

Tuberculosis

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 246-249

  Varghese, Bright ^a   Al Omari, Ruba ^a   Grimshaw, Ceilidh ^b   Al Hajoj, Sahal ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Migration; Reactivation; Reinfection; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMEROON; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYLOGENY; RECURRENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875214489     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: 1873281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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