Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

OBJECTIVES: Determine the prevalence of MDR-TB among patients with new smear-positive pulmonary TB in Port au Prince, Haiti METHODS: Sputum samples were cultured from 1006 patients diagnosed with new tuberculosis in 2008. The core region of the rpoB gene that is associated with resistance to rifampi...

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Main Authors: Ocheretina, Oksana, Morose, Willy, Gauthier, Marie, Joseph, Patrice, D’Meza, Richard, Escuyer, Vincent E, Rastogi, Nalin, Vernet, Guy, Pape, Jean W, Fitzgerald, Daniel W
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Language:Inglês
Published: 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3676925/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22569696
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