Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Tuberculosis multirresistente en Puerto Príncipe, Haití

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Tuberculosis multirresistente en Puerto Príncipe, Haití

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) among patients with new smear-positive pulmonary TB in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. METHODS: Sputum samples were cultured from 1 006 patients newly diagnosed with TB in 2008. The core region of the rpoB gene that is associ...

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Main Authors: Oksana Ocheretina, Willy Morose, Marie Gauthier, Patrice Joseph, Richard D'Meza, Vincent E. Escuyer, Nalin Rastogi, Guy Vernet, Jean W. Pape, Daniel W. Fitzgerald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pan American Health Organization 2012-03-01
Series:Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
Subjects:
Tuberculosis resistente a múltiples medicamentos
estudios transversales
Haití
Tuberculosis
multidrug resistant
cross-sectional studies
Haiti
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892012000300006

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