A population-based study of first and second-line drug-resistant tuberculosis in a high-burden area of the Mexico/United States border

A population-based study of first and second-line drug-resistant tuberculosis in a high-burden area of the Mexico/United States border

The resistance of 139 Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) isolates from the city of Monterrey, Northeast Mexico, to first and second-line anti-TB drugs was analysed. A total of 73 isolates were susceptible and 66 were resistant to anti-TB drugs. Monoresistance to streptomycin, isoniazid (INH) and etham...

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Main Authors: Pola Becerril-Montes, Salvador Said-Fernández, Julieta Luna-Herrera, Guillermo Caballero-Olín, José Antonio Enciso-Moreno, Herminia Guadalupe Martínez-Rodríguez, Gerardo Padilla-Rivas, Elsa Nancy-Garza-Treviño, Gloria María Molina-Salinas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2013-04-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
first and second-line drug resistance
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