Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the end tuberculosis era

Multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) emerged shortly after introduction of  rifamycins in the 1960s; isoniazid resistance had already emerged by the mid-1950s. Without these two drugs, tuberculosis is very difficult and costly to treat, with unacceptably high rates of treatment failure, death...

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Main Author: J. Peter Cegielski
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud 2018-04-01
Series:Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública
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Online Access:https://rpmesp.ins.gob.pe/index.php/rpmesp/article/view/3618