Strong decrease in streptomycin-resistance and absence of XDR 12 years after the Reorganization of the National Tuberculosis Control Program in the Central Region of Cameroon.

Strong decrease in streptomycin-resistance and absence of XDR 12 years after the Reorganization of the National Tuberculosis Control Program in the Central Region of Cameroon.

BACKGROUND: In the 1990s, resistance rates of 15% for streptomycin-resistance and 0.6% for multidrug-resistance (MDR) were reported from the Central Region of Cameroon. This work assesses drug resistant tuberculosis in this region 12 years after reorganization of the National Tuberculosis Control Pr...

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Main Authors: Larissa Kamgue Sidze, Emmanuel Mouafo Tekwu, Christopher Kuaban, Jean-Paul Assam Assam, Jean-Claude Tedom, Sara Eyangoh, François-Xavier Fouda, Désiré Nolna, Francine Ntoumi, Matthias Frank, Véronique N Penlap Beng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4047025?pdf=render

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