Comparison of Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug susceptibility using solid and liquid culture in Nigeria

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lawson, Lovett ^a   Emenyonu, Nanmdi ^a   Abdurrahman, Saddiq T ^b   Lawson, Juliana O ^a   Uzoewulu, Gertrude N ^c   Sogaolu, Olumide M ^d   Ebisike, Juliana N ^e   Parry, Christopher M ^f   Yassin, Mohammed A ^g   Cuevas, Luis E ^g  

^a ZANKLI MEDICAL CENTRE   (Nigeria)

^b National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme   (Nigeria)

^c Nnamdi Azikiwe Teaching Hospital   (Nigeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^e Wuse General Hospital   (Nigeria)

^f Angkor Hospital for Children   (Cambodia)

^g LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug sensitivity; First line anti TB drugs; Liquid culture; Multi drug resistant tuberculosis; Solid culture

Indexed keywords

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NIGERIA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NIGERIA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878250157     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-6-215     Document Type: Article

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