Hospital control and multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis in female patients, Lima, Peru.

We examined the prevalence of tuberculosis (TB), rate of multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB, and characteristics of TB on a female general medicine ward in Peru. Of 250 patients, 40 (16%) were positive by sputum culture and 27 (11%) by smear, and 8 (3%) had MDRTB. Thirteen (33%) of 40 culture-positive pat...

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Autores principales: Willingham, F F, Schmitz, T L, Contreras, M, Kalangi, S E, Vivar, A M, Caviedes, L, Schiantarelli, E, Neumann, P M, Bern, C, Gilman, R H
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2001
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2631673/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11266302

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