| Literature DB >> 11871496 |
Abstract
Despite continued control efforts, tuberculosis remains a leading cause of illness and death worldwide, with more cases today than at any previous time in history. Not only is there a global increase in the disease itself, there is a worrying rise in the number of cases resistant to the two principal antituberculosis drugs, isoniazid and rifampicin--so called multidrug resistance.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11871496 DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(01)00096-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lancet Infect Dis ISSN: 1473-3099 Impact factor: 25.071