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| Ahmad,Nafees; Javaid,Arshad; Sulaiman,Syed Azhar Syed; Ming,Long Chiau; Ahmad,Izaz; Khan,Amer Hayat. |
| Abstract Background Fluoroquinolones are the backbone of multidrug resistant tuberculosis treatment regimens. Despite the high burden of multidrug resistant tuberculosis in the country, little is known about drug resistance patterns, prevalence, and predictors of fluoroquinolones resistance among multidrug resistant tuberculosis patients from Pakistan. Objective To evaluate drug resistance patterns, prevalence, and predictors of fluoroquinolones resistance in multidrug resistant tuberculosis patients. Methods This was a cross-sectional study conducted at a programmatic management unit of drug resistant tuberculosis, Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar, Pakistan. Two hundred and forty-three newly diagnosed multidrug resistant tuberculosis patients... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Fluoroquinolones; MDR-TB; Resistance; Private. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702016000100041 |
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