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Antimicrobial resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from children in Greece, 1994-2004.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - 1 Apr 2007
Kanavaki S, Mantadakis E, Nikolaou S, Karambela S, Samonis G
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OBJECTIVE: To document the prevalence of resistance to various agents of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains derived from children over 1994-2004. DESIGN: We prospectively studied the susceptibility patterns of 77 strains of M. tuberculosis isolated from the same number of children, which provided 112 positive samples. RESULTS: Most children were boys (53.2%), native Greeks (87%) and aged under 2 years (41.5%)....
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