First Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis for Second-line Anti-tuberculosis Drugs in Ghana

We performed drug susceptibility testing on first- and second-line drugs in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) for the first time in Ghana to obtain preliminary data on drug-resistant tuberculosis. Of 21 isolates (4 new cases and 17 treated cases), 5 (23.8%) were multi-drug resistant tuber...

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Main Authors: Kato, Tomoko, Addo, Kennedy Kwasi, Nartey, Naomi, Nyarko, Alexander Kwadwo, Bonsu, Frank Adae, Mitarai, Satoshi
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3965846/