Resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to the first line anti tubercular drugs--a twenty year review.
Tuberculosis and more so the multi drug resistant variety has been thrust into the forefront as a serious and life threatening illness in recent years. The advent of AIDS contributes to this substantially, especially in the developed world where it had become practically non- existent. We reviewed our data over the past 20 years with a view to determine when drug resistance began to manifest in the strains.
Jesudason
M V
MV
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore - 632 004, Tamil Nadu, India.
Mukundan
U
U
Saaya
R
R
Vanitha
K
K
Lalitha
M K
MK