Antituberculosis Drug Resistance in the South of Vietnam: Prevalence and Trends | Zendy

Nguyen T. Huong | Zendy; Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Lan | Zendy; Frank Cobelens | Zendy; Bui D Duong | Zendy; N. V. Co | Zendy; M. Bosman | Zendy; SangJae Kim | Zendy; Dick van Soolingen | Zendy; Martien W. Borgdorff | Zendy

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Antituberculosis Drug Resistance in the South of Vietnam: Prevalence and Trends

Author(s) -

Nguyen T. Huong,

Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Lan,

Frank Cobelens,

Bui D Duong,

N. V. Co,

M. Bosman,

SangJae Kim,

Dick van Soolingen,

Martien W. Borgdorff

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

the journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69

H-Index - 252

eISSN - 1537-6613

pISSN - 0022-1899

DOI - 10.1086/507906

Subject(s) - ethambutol , streptomycin , isoniazid , drug resistance , rifampicin , medicine , tuberculosis , sputum , mycobacterium tuberculosis , multiple drug resistance , directly observed therapy , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , pathology

There is limited evidence that the DOTS (directly observed therapy, short course) strategy for tuberculosis (TB) control can contain the emergence and spread of drug resistance in the absence of second-line treatment. We compared drug-resistance levels between 1996 and 2001 in the south of Vietnam, an area with a well-functioning DOTS program.

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