Case of Culture Proven Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis in Ghana.

dc.contributor.author	Hesse, I.F.A.
dc.date.accessioned	2019-10-28T10:36:08Z
dc.date.available	2019-10-28T10:36:08Z
dc.date.issued	1997
dc.description	Journal Article on Multi·Drug Resistant Tuberculosis	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The factors which lead to multi-drug resisl.t1.nt tuberculosis arc present in Ghana yet no case has been reported in Ghana. 1\ case of culture proven multidrug resistant tuberculosis is described. This patient was managed in the previous era of tuberculosis programme when he was treated for over a decade with varying and inappropriate drug prescribing pattern. erratic supply of drugs, poor compliance and introduction to all the drugs in the anti -TB armamentarium. Despite recent intensive directly observed and supervised therapy with streptomycin. rifampicin. ethambutol, pyrazinamide and isoniazid he did not clinically improve. Sputum culture and sensitivity grew Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistant to ethambutol. isoniazid. rifampicin and streptomycin.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.ghanamedj.org/archives/GMJ%201997%20Vol%2031b/Multi-drug%20resistant%20tuberculosis.pdf
dc.identifier.uri	http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/33139
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Ghana Medical Journal	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	31;
dc.subject	anti -TB armamentarium	en_US
dc.subject	streptomycin	en_US
dc.subject	Multi-Drug Resistant	en_US
dc.subject	Tuberculosis	en_US
dc.title	Case of Culture Proven Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis in Ghana.	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US

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