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MDR-TB

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CBNAAT Based Identification and Demographic Pattern of Drug Resistant Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in South Kashmir, India- a One Year Retrospective Study

Rubeena Hakkak, Saqib Rishi & Javid Ahmed Bhat · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2021

India is the highest TB burden country in the world having an estimated incidence of 26.9 lakh cases in 2019. With a population of 1.32 billion, India has the highest burden of drug resistant TB (DR-TB) in the world. North zone of India is the second highest MDR-TB prevalent zone...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/mrji/2021/v31i430308

Patterns of Initial Drug Resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from Kashmir Valley, India

Tehmeena Wani, Gulnaz Bashir, Rubina Lone, V. M. Katoch, D. K. Kakru, Azra Shah, Imtiaz Ali Bhat & Mohammad Muzaffar Mirza · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2015

Aims: We carried out this study to determine the patterns of initial drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates and prevalence of MDR-TB among category-I pulmonary TB patients in Kashmir Valley. MDR-TB was defined as tuberculosis caused by bacilli showing resistance t...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2016/20234