Editorial. Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis
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Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in Northern Pakistan.
OBJECTIVE To determine the resistance pattern of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Rawalpindi-Islamabad. METHODS The study was carried out at the Department of Microbiology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Rawalpindi between September 2000 and August 2002. We examined 1359 pulmonary and extra-pulmonary specimens from suspected cases of tuberculosis. The radiometric Bactec 460 TB sys...
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15 صفحه اولDrug Resistance Pattern in Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients and Risk Factors Associated with Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis
Introduction: Anti-tuberculosis drug resistance is a major problem in tuberculosis (TB) control programme, particularly multi-drug resistance TB (MDR-TB) in Nepal. Drug resistance is difficult to treat due to its associated cost and side effects. The objective of this study was to assess the drug resistance pattern and assess risk factor associated with MDR-TB among pulmonary tuberculosis patie...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0142-6338,1465-3664
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/46.6.320