Open AccessThe Spanish multidrug resistant tuberculosis network
Author(s) -
Sofía Samper,
Iglesias Mj,
O Tello
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
euro surveillance/eurosurveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.766
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1560-7917
pISSN - 1025-496X
DOI - 10.2807/esm.05.04.00037-en
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , multiple drug resistance , medicine , virology , environmental health , biology , drug resistance , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology
The network to monitor the spread of multidrug resistance tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Spain based on genomic typing and set up in January 1998 benefits from the participation of about 90% of the laboratories of the national health system. Of the 94 MDR-TB pa