Drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Saudi Arabia Page 1 Neurosciences 2002; Vol.
27 (2) 139 Drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Saudi Arabia Sir, Employing Bactec …

OBJECTIVE: To identify rates of primary and secondary drug-resistant Mycobacterium
tuberculosis and their risk factors from a tertiary-care center in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia …

Objective: Inappropriate use of antituberculosis drugs and a poor compliance has led to an
increase in the prevalence of resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The aim of this study …

Drug resistance pattern of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in seropositive and seronegative HIV-TB
patients in Pune, India Page 1 Indian J Med Res 121, April 2005, pp 235-239 235 Drug …

Objective: We aim to study the extensiveness of drug resistance in patients of Tubercular
Meningitis (TBM) in our population. Background: Drug-resistant TBM is a potentially …

Editorial re-treatment cases.[1] Sixty-nine countries have reported at least one case of XDR-
TB by the end of 2010 and there are an estimated 25,000 cases of XDR-TB emerging every …

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading public health problem worldwide. In Nigeria the burden
of TB is high however only a few cases have been reported especially in Rivers State. The …

Background Drug resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) is a major public health problem in
developing countries such as Pakistan. Objective The current study was conducted to …

Muitidrug resistant tuberculosis has shown an alarming increase and this assumes added
importance in view of the increasing number of HIV infected patients. This article reviews the …

Tuberculosis (TB) re-emerged as a major health problem at the end of the 1980s due to the
explosive emergence of HIV and the development of drug resistance of the Mycobacterium …