Article
First Insight Into the Fluoroquinolone and Aminoglycoside Resistance of Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Saudi Arabia.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 May 2017
Varghese Bright, Al-Hajoj Sahal
Abstract excerpt
AbstractIn Saudi Arabia, there were no nationwide screening studies conducted so far to determine the aminoglycoside and fluoroquinolone resistance among multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) isolates. Therefore, as the first attempt in the country, a retrospective analysis has been conducted on a nationwide collection of 2,956 M. tuberculosis clinical isolates screened with phenotypic drug susceptibility...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Amikacin
- Antitubercular Agents
- Capreomycin
- Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
- Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
- Female
- Fluoroquinolones
- Genes, Bacterial
- Humans
- Kanamycin
- Male
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests