Abstract
<i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i>Drug Resistance, Ghana
Highlights
To the Editor: The directly observed treatment strategy (DOTS) for tuberculosis (TB) treatment has been implemented in Ghana since 1994
A total of 2,064 Mycobacterium isolates were cultured at the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research
In 1989, an initial drug resistance rate of 54.5% in pulmonary TB was observed in Ghana (2); 27% were resistant to isoniazid, 23% to streptomycin, 29% to thiacetazone, 16% to streptomycin-isoniazid, and 5% to thiacetazone-streptomycin-isoniazid
Summary
1. Rotureau B, Ravel C, Nacher M, Couppie P, Curtet I, Dedet JP, et al Molecular epidemiology of Leishmania (Viannia) guyanensis in French Guiana. Absence of a proven resurgence of Chagas disease or cutaneous leishmaniasis in French Guiana over the last two decades. 4. Rotureau B, Ravel C, Couppie P, Pratlong F, Nacher M, Dedet JP, et al Use of PCRrestriction fragment length polymorphism analysis to identify the main New World Leishmania species and analyze their taxonomic properties and polymorphism by application of the assay to clinical samples. To the Editor: The directly observed treatment strategy (DOTS) for tuberculosis (TB) treatment has been implemented in Ghana since 1994.
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