Patterns of and Risk factors for drug resistance of mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from pulmonary tuberculosis patients
BACKGROUND: Drug-resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates are a major public health concern worldwide. Multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a threat to tuberculosis control programmes. OBJECTIVES: This study was conducted to evaluate the drug resistance patterns of mycobacterium tuberculosis and To assess risk factors for drug-resistant TB (including multidrug-resistance (MDR-TB). METHODS: The drug resistance patterns of 80 mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from pulmonary ... إقراء المزيد