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Second-line anti-tuberculosis drug resistance testing in Ghana identifies the first extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis case

BACKGROUND: Drug resistance surveillance is crucial for tuberculosis (TB) control. Therefore, our goal was to determine the prevalence of second-line anti-TB drug resistance among diverse primary drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) isolates in Ghana. MATERIALS AND METHODS: One h...

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Autores principales: Osei-Wusu, Stephen, Amo Omari, Michael, Asante-Poku, Adwoa, Darko Otchere, Isaac, Asare, Prince, Forson, Audrey, Otu, Jacob, Antonio, Martin, Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5825993/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29503573
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S152720