Prevalence of tuberculosis drug resistance in 10 provinces of China

Guang Xue He,Yanlin Zhao,Guang Lu Jiang,Yuhong Liu,Hui Xia,Sheng Fen Wang,Li Xia Wang,Martien W. Borgdorff,Marieke J. van der Werf,Susan van den Hof

Prevalence of tuberculosis drug resistance in 10 provinces of China

2008

Guang Xue He
Yanlin Zhao
Guang Lu Jiang
Yuhong Liu
Hui Xia
Sheng Fen Wang
Li Xia Wang
Martien W. Borgdorff
Marieke J. van der Werf
Susan van den Hof

Background The emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) hampers TB control. Ten provinces in China performed drug resistance surveys among tuberculosis (TB) patients in 1996–2004 to assess levels of drug resistance.

Keywords:

Virology
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Drug resistance
Ethambutol
Medicine
Streptomycin
Tuberculosis
China
Medical microbiology
Isoniazid
Parasitology

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