Article
Transmission of extensively drug-resistant and multidrug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in families identified by genotyping.
Chinese medical journal - 1 Feb 2013
Yan Li-ping, Qin Lian-hua, Zhang Qing, Sun Hua, Han Min, Xiao He-ping
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Diagnosis and appropriate treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) remain major challenges. We sought to elucidate that persons who share a household with drug resistance tuberculosis patients are at high risk for primary drug resistance tuberculosis and how to prevent t...
Topics
- Adult
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Radiography
- Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant
- Young Adult
