A study of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in risk groups in the city of Santos, São Paulo, Brazil

Monitoring the extent of and trends in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a priority of the Brazilian National Tuberculosis Control Programme. The current study aimed to estimate the incidence of MDR-TB, describe the profile of TB drug resistance in risk groups and examine whether screenin...

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Main Authors: Andréa Gobetti Vieira Coelho, Liliana Aparecida Zamarioli, Maria Alice Telles, Lucilaine Ferrazoli, Eliseu Alves Waldman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2012-09-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762012000600009&lng=en&tlng=en