[Main sources of the formation of contingents of tuberculosis patients with drug-resistant or sensitive Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates].
To form contingents of pulmonary tuberculosis patients with isolated drug-resistant Mycobacteria tuberculosis (MBT) strains, chronic patients having the disease for more than 3 years (50.3%) head the list, new cases (36.9%) detected in the past 3 years (1994-1996) rank second, next are those with relapsing tuberculosis (12.8%) identified in 1994-1996. The ratio of the above group of patients with isolated drug-sensitive MBT species is 23.3, 68.8, and 7.9%, respectively.
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D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular / Q000494:pharmacology; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009031:Moscow / Q000453:epidemiology; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D012008:Recurrence; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*
D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular; D000995:Antitubercular Agents
Osnovnye istochniki formirovaniia kontingentov bol'nykh tuberkulezom, vydeliaiushchikh lekarstvenno-ustoĭchivye i chuvstvitel'nye mikobakterii tuberkuleza.