Undetected multidrug-resistant tuberculosis amplified by first-line therapy in mixed infection

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1138-1141

  Hingley Wilson, Suzanne M ^a,b   Casey, Rosalyn ^a,b   Connell, David ^b   Bremang, Samuel ^b   Evans, Jason T ^c   Hawkey, Peter M ^c,d   Smith, Grace E ^c   Jepson, Annette ^e   Philip, Stuart ^e   Kon, Onn Min ^e   Lalvani, Ajit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLONY FORMING UNIT; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; NEGATIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; SPUTUM SMEAR; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE; BACTERIA; CO-INFECTION; DRUG SENSITIVE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TB; TREATMENT RESISTANCE; TUBERCULOSIS AND OTHER MYCOBACTERIA;

AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COINFECTION; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ETHAMBUTOL; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; MALE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84879188574     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1907.130313     Document Type: Article

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