Resistance to first‐line tuberculosis drugs in three cities of Nigeria

Summary Objectives To determine the levels of resistance to first‐line tuberculosis drugs in three cities in three geopolitical zones in Nigeria. Methods A total of 527 smear‐positive sputum samples from Abuja, Ibadan and Nnewi were cultured on BACTEC‐ MGIT 960. Drug susceptibility tests (DST) for...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Tropical medicine & international health 2011-08, Vol.16 (8), p.974-980
Hauptverfasser:	Lawson, L., Yassin, M. A., Abdurrahman, S. T., Parry, C. M., Dacombe, R., Sogaolu, O. M., Ebisike, J. N., Uzoewulu, G. N., Lawson, L. O., Emenyonu, N., Ouoha, J. O., David, J. S., Davies, P. D. O., Cuevas, L. E.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Child Cities cités urbaines Drug resistance Ethambutol - pharmacology Female first‐line TB drugs General aspects HIV Human bacterial diseases Human viral diseases Humans Infectious diseases Isoniazid - pharmacology Male Medical sciences Middle Aged multi‐drug‐resistant tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis - drug effects Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification médicaments antituberculeux de première ligne newly diagnosed and previously treated TB Nigeria Rifampin - pharmacology Sputum - microbiology Streptomycin - pharmacology TB nouvellement diagnostiquée et précédemment traitée tuberculose multi‐résistante Tuberculosis Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - drug therapy urban cities Urban Health VIH Viral diseases Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids Young Adult
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