1. Fig. 1. Antituberculosis drug resistance rate (%) and pattern in sanatoria of North Korea: (A) patients (n = 489) in all sanatoria analyzed in this study, (B) patients (n = 263) in region A, (C) patients (n = 108) in sanatoria located in region B, and (D) patients (n = 118) in region C. M. tuberculosis strains were isolated from the first sputum samples of each patient and used for DST as described in the text.
Region A = the capital city area, Region B = North Pyongan Province, Region C = South Pyongan and Hwanghae Provinces, DST = drug susceptibility test, TB = tuberculosis, INH = isoniazid, RIF = rifampicin, EMB = ethambutol, PZA = pyrazinamide, S = streptomycin, Km = kanamycin, Am = amikacin, Cm = capreomycin, Ofx = ofloxacin, Mfx = moxifloxacin, PAS = para-aminosalicylic acid, Eto = ethionamide, Cs = cycloserine.
Fig. 1. Antituberculosis drug resistance rate (%) and pattern in sanatoria of North Korea: (A) patients (n = 489) in all sanatoria analyzed in this study, (B) patients (n = 263) in region A, (C) patients (n = 108) in sanatoria located in region B, and (D) patients (n = 118) in region C. M. tuberculosis strains were isolated from the first sputum samples of each…
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