Drug resistance of M. Tuberculosis isolated from patients with HIV infection seen at an AIDS Reference Center in São Paulo, Brazil Resistência a drogas de M. tuberculosis isolados de pacientes com infecção pelo HIV atendidos no Centro de Referência e Treinamento DST/AIDS, São Paulo, Brasil

Drug resistance of M. Tuberculosis isolated from patients with HIV infection seen at an AIDS Reference Center in São Paulo, Brazil Resistência a drogas de M. tuberculosis isolados de pacientes com infecção pelo HIV atendidos no Centro de Referência e Treinamento DST/AIDS, São Paulo, Brasil

M. tuberculosis-positive cultures were obtained from 228 patients seen in our service and drug sensitivity assays were carried out from January 1992 to December 1994. A survey of the medical records of these patients showed resistance to one or more drugs in 47 (20.6%), 25 of whom (10.9%), who repor...

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Main Authors: Walkyria P Pinto, David J Hadad, M. Cecília A Palhares, Lucilaine Ferrazoli, M. Alice S. Telles, Sueli Y.M. Ueki, Márcia T. F. Santos, Ana L. N. Placco, Naim Sauaia, Moisés Palac
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1996-02-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis treatment
AIDS
Multidrug resistance
Drug resistance
HIV infection
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651996000100004

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