Abstract
We compared the incidence of multidrug resistance in 150 consecutive Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates obtained from a rural center (in Sakawar, India) and an urban tertiary care center (in Mumbai, India). The study highlights an alarmingly high percentage of multidrug-resistant M. tuberculosis isolates in Mumbai (51%) as compared with that at the rural center (2%).
Publication types
-
Comparative Study
-
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
-
Antitubercular Agents / pharmacology*
-
Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
-
Drug Resistance, Multiple / physiology*
-
Humans
-
Incidence
-
India / epidemiology
-
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
-
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects*
-
Rural Population
-
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / epidemiology*
-
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / drug therapy
-
Urban Population