NEW AND EMERGING PATHOGENS - MULTIPLY RESISTANT MYCOBACTERIUM-TUBERCULOSIS

Authors
CHAPMAN SW HENDERSON HM
Citation
Sw. Chapman et Hm. Henderson, NEW AND EMERGING PATHOGENS - MULTIPLY RESISTANT MYCOBACTERIUM-TUBERCULOSIS, Current opinion in infectious diseases, 7(2), 1994, pp. 231-237
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Current opinion in infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
09517375
Volume
7
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
231 - 237
Database
ISI
SICI code
0951-7375(1994)7:2<231:NAEP-M>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The resurgence of tuberculosis has been accompanied by outbreaks of di sease caused by multiply resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculos is. Effective control of these multiply drug-resistant strains require s early identification, more effective treatment regimens, and disrupt ion of the chain of transmission in hospitalized and other high-risk p atient cohorts.