Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis 
Outbreak among US-bound Hmong 
Refugees, Thailand, 2005

In January 2005, tuberculosis (TB), including multidrug-resistant TB (MDR TB), was reported among Hmong refugees who were living in or had recently immigrated to the United States from a camp in Thailand. We investigated TB and drug resistance, enhanced TB screenings, and expanded treatment capacity...

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Veröffentlicht in:Emerging infectious diseases Jg. 14; H. 11; S. 1715 - 1721
Hauptverfasser: Oeltmann, John E., Varma, Jay K., Ortega, Luis, Liu, Yecai, O’Rourke, Thomas, Cano, Maria, Harrington, Theresa, Toney, Sean, Jones, Warren, Karuchit, Samart, Diem, Lois, Rienthong, Dhanida, Tappero, Jordan W., Ijaz, Kashef, Maloney, Susan A.
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.11.2008
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Schlagworte:
Antitubercular Agents - pharmacology
Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Care and treatment
Disease Outbreaks
DNA, Bacterial - analysis
Drug resistance in microorganisms
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Humans
Mass Screening
multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis - classification
Mycobacterium tuberculosis - drug effects
Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification
outbreak
Refugees
Sputum - microbiology
Thailand
Thailand - ethnology
Tuberculosis
tuberculosis screening
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - drug therapy
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - epidemiology
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - microbiology
United States - epidemiology
Thailand
United States
ISSN:1080-6040, 1080-6059, 1080-6059
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