Multidrug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis amongst Category I & II failures and Category II relapse patients from Pakistan

Multidrug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis amongst Category I & II failures and Category II relapse patients from Pakistan

Objective: To determine the prevalence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) among previously treated TB patients in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Province, Pakistan. Design and settings: A cross-sectional study was conducted (January–September 2009) in 10 districts of KP. All Category (CAT) I and...

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Main Authors: Abdul Ghafoor, Jaishri Mehraj, Nek Dad Afridi, Yasraba Rafiq, Hans-Uwe Wendl-Richter, Rumina Hasan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mycobacteriology
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
Drug resistance
Treatment failures
Treatment relapses
Pakistan
Online Access:http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2012;volume=1;issue=3;spage=118;epage=123;aulast=Ghafoor

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