title: [Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis].
abstract: The paper analyzes the drug-resistant causative agent of tuberculosis. The bacterial isolation rates were studied among the cohorts registered at tuberculosis control facilities in the Republic of Byelarus in 1997. The epidemiological significance of patients isolating polyresistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains is shown.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Okulovskaia
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Gurevich
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Bogomazova
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007538:Isoniazid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002094:Republic of Belarus / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013307:Streptomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D007538:Isoniazid; D012293:Rifampin; D013307:Streptomycin