Increasing drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Sinaloa, Mexico, 1997–2005
Author(s) -
Jorge Zazueta-Beltrán,
Nidia LeónSicairos,
Secundino Muro-Amador,
A. Flores-Gaxiola,
Jorge Velázquez-Román,
Héctor Flores-Villaseñor,
Adrian CanizalezRomán
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.01.001
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , drug resistance , mycobacterium tuberculosis , confidence interval , drug , microbiology and biotechnology , pharmacology , biology , pathology
In 1997 the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) reported high proportions of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in three Mexican states: Sinaloa, Baja California, and Oaxaca. In 2006, we showed that resistance to anti-tuberculosis drugs remained frequent in Sinaloa.
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