Article
Laboratory-based study of drug resistance and genotypic profile of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis isolates in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - 1 Jan 2022
Sousa Erivelton de Oliveira, Carneiro Rita Terezinha de Oliveira, Montes Fátima Cristina Onofre Fandinho, Conceição Emilyn Costa, Bartholomay Patricia, Marinho Jamocyr Moura, Lima Karla Valéria Batista, Natividade Marcio Santos da, Araújo Wildo Navegantes de, Matos Eliana Dias, Barbosa Theolis
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Surveillance of multidrug resistant/extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR/XDR-TB) is essential to guide disease dissemination control measures. Brazil contributes to a significant fraction of tuberculosis (TB) cases worldwide, but only few reports addressed MDR/XDR-TB in the country. METHODS: This cross-sectional, laboratory-based study describes the phenotypic resistance profiles of isolates...
Topics
- Adult
- Antitubercular Agents
- Brazil
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Drug Resistance
- Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
- Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
- Female