Low resistance to first and second line anti-tuberculosis drugs among treatment naive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in southwestern Uganda.

Low resistance to first and second line anti-tuberculosis drugs among treatment naive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in southwestern Uganda.

BACKGROUND:There are limited data on region-specific drug susceptibility of tuberculosis (TB) in Uganda. We performed resistance testing on specimens collected from treatment-naive patients with pulmonary TB in Southwestern Uganda for first and second line anti-TB drugs. We sought to provide data to...

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Main Authors: Patrick Orikiriza, Becky Tibenderana, Mark J Siedner, Yolanda Mueller, Frederick Byarugaba, Christopher C Moore, Emily E Evans, Maryline Bonnet, Anne-Laure Page, Joel Bazira, Yap Boum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4320102?pdf=render

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