title: Resistance to anti-tuberculosis medications in the Horn of Africa.
abstract: We performed drug susceptibility testing among chronic patients hospitalised in the tuberculosis (TB) referral centre of the capital of Djibouti. Among 36 patients tested, 27 had multidrug-resistant TB and four had extensively drug-resistant TB. National guidelines must be revised urgently and the administration of second-line TB medications strictly controlled.
authors.affiliation: Catalan Association for the Control of Tuberculosis in the Third World (ACTMON), Barcelona, Spain. olleuganda@yahoo.com
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Ollé-Goig
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Codina-Grau
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Martín-Casabona
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015730:Djibouti / Q000453:epidemiology; D054908:Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents