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Title: Drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis among new tuberculosis patients, Yangon, Myanmar. (Letters).
Author: Sabai Phyu
Publication: Emerging Infectious Diseases (Refereed)
Date: February 1, 2003
Publisher: U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases
Volume: 9 Issue: 2 Page: 274(3)Distributed by Thompson Gale
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To the Editor: Spread of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) and disastrous rates of HIV-TB co-infection pose serious threats to TB-control programs around the world (1). The World Health Organization/International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases urges all national TB programs to practice the Directly Observed Treatment-Short Course (DOTS) strategy as well as to closely monitor the patterns and trends of anti-TB drug resistance (2). Such data allow an assessment of the quality of TB control, help forecast future trends of drug-resistance, and serve as guidelines for suitable therapy.
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