A O Kehinde, E O Adebiyi, A O Salako, V O Ogunleye, A A Oni, R A Bakare, O Eltayeb, G Dairo, J Out, F Gehre, T Corrah, A V Deun, M Gumusoboga, E Declercq, T Demeulenaere, B C deJong, M Antonio
BACKGROUND: Information on TB drug resistance profiles and its' associated risk factors are scarce in Nigeria despite the large burden of disease in the country. The study was designed to report drug resistance profiles of new- and previously treated patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in Ibadan, Nigeria. METHOD: Sputum from consenting pulmonary TB patients were collected and cultured for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) at the TB laboratory of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria using standard method...
May 2016: African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences