title: Resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to the first line anti tubercular drugs--a twenty year review.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore - 632 004, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Jesudason
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Mukundan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saaya
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vanitha
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Lalitha