Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in admitted patients at a tertiary referral hospital of Bangladesh.

BACKGROUND: This study was set out to investigate the magnitude, patterns and molecular characterization of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains at a tertiary referral hospital in Bangladesh. METHODS: Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) patients admitted at National Institute of Diseases of the...

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Main Authors: Sayera Banu, Asif Mujtaba Mahmud, Md Toufiq Rahman, Arman Hossain, Mohammad Khaja Mafij Uddin, Tahmeed Ahmed, Razia Khatun, Wahiduzzaman Akhanda, Roland Brosch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3394739?pdf=render