Primary and acquired drug resistance patterns of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in India: A multicenter study

• Main Authors: Jitendra Prasad Mathuria (Author), Jai Kumar Samaria (Author), Govind Narayan Srivastava (Author), Bharat Lal Mathuria (Author), Sanjay Kumar Ojha (Author), Shampa Anupurba (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2013-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Tuberculosis is the most prevalent infection worldwide. The emergence of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) isolates emphasizes that it is necessary to monitor drug resistance of the organism against anti-tubercular drugs. We analyzed 327 M. tuberculosis isolates from patien...