High Isoniazid Resistance Rates in Rifampicin Susceptible Mycobacterium tuberculosis Pulmonary Isolates from Pakistan

BACKGROUND: Rapid new diagnostic methods (including Xpert MTB/RIF assay) use rifampicin resistance as a surrogate marker for multidrug resistant tuberculosis. Patients infected with rifampicin susceptible strains are prescribed first line anti-tuberculosis therapy. The roll out of such methods raise...

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Autores principales: Fasih, Naima, Rafiq, Yasraba, Jabeen, Kausar, Hasan, Rumina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3511527/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23226311
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0050551

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3511527/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23226311
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0050551

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