Importance of Detection of Isoniazid and Rifampicin Mono Drug Resistance and Determining Rate of MDR-TB in Smear Positive Sputum Samples from a Tertiary Care Hospital of West U.P. India

Anti-tubercular therapy is one of the effective strategies used to control tuberculosis, so, a planned and accurate treatment regimen is of utmost importance, but number of cases are being treated as MDR on the basis of rifampicin mono resistance. As reported earlier in various studies from India,...

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Main Authors: Sana Nudrat, Umar Farooq, Mazhar Maqsood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology 2019-06-01
Series:Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology
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Online Access:https://microbiologyjournal.org/importance-of-detection-of-isoniazid-and-rifampicin-mono-drug-resistance-and-determining-rate-of-mdr-tb-in-smear-positive-sputum-samples-from-a-tertiary-care-hospital-of-west-u-p-india/