Drug resistance among extrapulmonary TB patients: Six years experience from a supranational reference laboratory

Drug resistance among extrapulmonary TB patients: Six years experience from a supranational reference laboratory

Background & objectives: There is limited information available about the drug resistance patterns in extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB), especially from high burden countries. This may be due to difficulty in obtaining extrapulmonary specimens and limited facilities for drug susceptibility test...

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Main Authors: Azger Dusthackeer, Gomathi Sekar, Shambhavi Chidambaram, Vanaja Kumar, Pranav Mehta, Soumya Swaminathan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Medical Research
Subjects:
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis - Mycobacterium tuberculosis - MDR-TB - XDR-TB - drug resistance
Online Access:http://www.ijmr.org.in/article.asp?issn=0971-5916;year=2015;volume=142;issue=5;spage=568;epage=574;aulast=Dusthackeer

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