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A cross-sectional study of tuberculosis drug resistance among previously treated patients in a tertiary hospital in Accra, Ghana: public health implications of standardized regimens
BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug resistance is a major challenge to the use of standardized regimens for tuberculosis (TB) therapy, especially among previously treated patients. We aimed to investigate the frequency and pattern of drug resistance among previously treated patients with sme...
Autores principales: | Forson, Audrey, Kwara, Awewura, Kudzawu, Samuel, Omari, Michael, Otu, Jacob, Gehre, Florian, de Jong, Bouke, Antonio, Martin |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5879759/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29606091 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3053-5 |
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