Open AccessAssociation of risk factors and drug resistance pattern in tuberculosis patients in North India
Author(s) -
Pallavi Sinha,
Govind Srivastava,
Anamika Gupta,
Shampa Anupurba
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of global infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-8245
pISSN - 0974-777X
DOI - 10.4103/jgid.jgid_167_16
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , context (archaeology) , mycobacterium tuberculosis , drug resistance , observational study , odds ratio , alcohol consumption , prospective cohort study , environmental health , pathology , alcohol , paleontology , biochemistry , chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
India is one of the high tuberculosis (TB) burden countries in the world. Improper implementation in the guidelines for the management of TB and high rate of defaults on the part of the patients are most important risk factors for the development of multi-drug resistant TB.