A community based TB drug susceptibility study in Mimika District, Papua, Indonesia
Kelly, Paul; Ardian, M; Waramori, G; Anstey, Nicholas; Syahrial, H; Tjitra, Emiliana; Bastian, I; Maguire, Graeme; Lumb, Richard
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SETTING: A district level tuberculosis (TB) control programme in Papua Province, Indonesia. OBJECTIVE: To determine the nature and extent of drug-resistant TB in newly diagnosed sputum smear-positive patients. METHODS: Sputum was collected from previously untreated smear-positive pulmonary TB patients diagnosed in the district over a 10-month period. Sputum specimens were processed and inoculated into a BACTEC MGIT960 tube. Isolates were identified by Ziehl-Neelsen staining, hybridisation with...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 2006 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/26973 |
Source: | International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease |
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