Romanian anti-TB drugs resistance surveillance 2003-2004
| Autor: | Ioan Paul, Stoicescu, Daniela, Homorodean, Domnica, Chiotan, Olga, Moldovan, Daniela, Diculencu, Cristian, Popa, Anca, Macri, Iuliana, Husar, Lucica, Diţiu, Mohamed Abdel, Aziz, Sven, Hoffner |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Aged 80 and over Male Adolescent Romania Prisoners Antitubercular Agents Microbial Sensitivity Tests Mycobacterium tuberculosis Middle Aged World Health Organization Young Adult Population Surveillance Drug Resistance Bacterial Tuberculosis Multidrug-Resistant Isoniazid Streptomycin Cluster Analysis Humans Female Rifampin Tuberculosis Pulmonary Ethambutol Aged |
| Zdroj: | Pneumologia (Bucharest, Romania). 57(3) |
| ISSN: | 2067-2993 |
| Popis: | Romania decided and initiated a DRS for anti-TB drugs at national level using the standardized methodology proposed by WHO and IUATLD. The DRS protocol was designed with technical assistance from WHO; the surveillance started in June 2003 and ended in June 2004. It was tested the susceptibility to the 4 first line anti-TB drugs: Isoniazide (H), Rifampicin (R), Streptomycin (S), Ethambutol (E). Drug susceptibility testing used: indirect absolute concentration method. There were included in the survey 1251 TB patients from the 60 clusters: 869 new cases and 382 previously treated. From the penitentiary system were included 85 TB patients, 47 new cases and 38 previously treated.[table: see text]. Estimations of the trend of anti-TB drug resistance in Romania for the next period was proposed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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