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Isoniazid resistance profile and associated levofloxacin and pyrazinamide resistance in rifampicin resistant and sensitive isolates/from pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis patients in Pakistan: A laboratory based surveillance study 2015-19

BACKGROUND: Pakistan is among top five high burden countries for tuberculosis and drug resistant TB. Among rifampicin sensitive new pulmonary TB (PTB), prevalence of isoniazid resistance is 8.3% (95%CI: 7.0–10.7) and resistance to fluoroquinolone is higher (11·1%, 95%CI: 7·8–14·3) than isoniazid res...

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Autores principales: Tahseen, Sabira, Khanzada, Faisal Masood, Rizvi, Alamdar Hussain, Qadir, Mahmood, Ghazal, Aisha, Baloch, Aurangzaib Quadir, Mustafa, Tehmina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7511002/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32966321
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239328