Totally drug-resistant tuberculosis (TDR-TB): A debate on global health communities

International Journal of Mycobacteriology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 71-72

  Velayati, Ali Akbar ^a   Farnia, Parissa ^a   Masjedi, Mohammad Reza ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BEDAQUILINE; CLARITHROMYCIN; ISONIAZID; PLACEBO; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; INDIA; IRAN; ITALY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84887213231     PISSN: 22125531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmyco.2013.04.005     Document Type: Editorial

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