Open AccessTrends of anti-tuberculosis drug resistance pattern in new cases and previously treated cases of extrapulmonary tuberculosis cases in referral hospitals in northern India
Author(s) -
Anand Kumar Maurya,
Surya Kant,
Vijayalakshmi Nag,
Ramesh Kumar Kushwaha,
Tapan N. Dhole
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.101379
Subject(s) - medicine , ethambutol , tuberculosis , rifampicin , isoniazid , mycobacterium tuberculosis , drug resistance , streptomycin , referral , antibiotics , pathology , family medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Drug-resistant tuberculosis is one of major current challenges to global public health. The transmission of resistant strains is increasing as a burden of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients in extra pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) cases in India.