Laboratory-based study of drug resistance and genotypic profile of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis isolates in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
Erivelton de Oliveira SousaRita Terezinha de Oliveira CarneiroFátima Cristina Onofre Fandinho MontesEmilyn Costa ConceiçãoPatrícia Bartholomay OliveiraJamocyr Moura MarinhoKarla Valéria Batista LimaMarcio Santos da NatividadeWildo Navegantes de AraújoEliana Dias MatosTheolis Costa Barbosa BessaPublished in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (2022)
We highlight the need for strengthening local and national efforts to perform early detection of TB drug resistance and to prevent treatment discontinuation to limit the emergence of drug-resistant strains.