title: [Epidemiological significance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with primary drug resistance].
abstract: Epidemiological situation (1989-1993) in relation to tuberculosis has been analyzed for the Khabarovsk region. The data support epidemiological significance of M. tuberculosis drug resistance which implies the leading role of exogenic mechanism in tuberculosis development. Tuberculosis occurrence in city population tends to increase. The number of subjects discharging drug-resistant M. tuberculosis has increased by 28%. Contact with tuberculosis patients may be responsible for new cases discharging drug-resistant M. tuberculosis in 56.3%.
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Korablev
authors.forename: O L
authors.initials: OL
authors.lastname: Karpenko
authors.forename: S Iu
authors.initials: SIu
authors.lastname: Kalinichenko
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D012424:Rural Population; D012800:Siberia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014505:Urban Population
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents
vernacular_title: Epidemiologicheskoe znachenie mikobakteriĭ tuberkuleza s pervichnoĭ lekarstvennoĭ ustoĭchivost'iu.