Published April 8, 2018 | Version v1
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IS RESISTANCE TO ETHIONAMIDE AN EXTRAPOLATION OF OTHER FIRST AND SECOND LINE ANTI- TUBERCULOSIS DRUGS?

  • 1. Department of Bacteriology, National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, (Formerly Tuberculosis Research Centre) Chetpet, Chennai - 600 031.
  • 2. World Health Organization -India Office, New Delhi.
  • 3. Department of Statisitics, National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, (Formerly Tuberculosis Research Centre) Chetpet, Chennai - 600 031.

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Drug Susceptibility profile of ethionamide and other first and second line anti tuberculosis drugs revealed no significant association, indicating the resistance towards ethionamide is the result of individual effect and not an extrapolation of other drug resistant phenotypes.

 

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