Article
Transmission is a Noticeable Cause of Resistance Among Treated Tuberculosis Patients in Shanghai, China.
Scientific reports - 9 Aug 2017
Nsofor Chijioke A, Jiang Qi, Wu Jie, Gan Mingyu, Liu Qingyun, Zuo Tianyu, Zhu Guofeng, Gao Qian
Abstract excerpt
It is generally believed that drug resistance among treated tuberculosis (TB) patients is as a result of acquired drug resistance due to inappropriate treatment. Previous studies have shown that primary drug resistance caused by transmission also plays a role among treated cases. Differentiating the two types of drug resistance will help in developing appropriate strategies for control of drug resistant...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Antitubercular Agents
- China
- Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
- Female
- Genome, Bacterial
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Middle Aged