Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among male inmates in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Braz. j. microbiol
; 31(1): 17-19, jan.-mar. 2000. tab
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RESUMO
Susceptibility tests to six anti-tuberculosis drugs were performed on fifty-eight M. tuberculosis isolates obtained from tuberculous inmates in the Male Penal Sanatorium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The rate of resistant tuberculosis was higher than observed in the community. The overall resistance rate was 17.2 (per cent) and 3.4 (per cent) of the isolates were multi-drug resistant.
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Asunto principal:
Tuberculosis
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Técnicas In Vitro
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Factores R
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Tuberculosis Resistente a Múltiples Medicamentos
Límite:
Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Braz. j. microbiol
Asunto de la revista:
MICROBIOLOGIA
Año:
2000
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Article