title: Drug resistant tuberculosis in New Zealand.
abstract: Strains of M. tuberculosis resistant to one or more of the antituberculous drugs have not been common in New Zealand in the past. There is however, a high incidence of drug resistant tuberculosis in Western Samoa, 50 percent of cultures tested showing drug resistance and half of these are resistant to two or more drugs. A change from the usual initial treatment is suggested for Samoan patients with tuberculosis in New Zealand.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014905:Independent State of Samoa; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D009520:New Zealand; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000382:microbiology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents