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Antituberculosis-drug resistance report 2006

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Summary

Surveillance of antituberculosis drug resistance is based on the results of susceptibility testing of isolates in the Mycobacteriology Reference Laboratories at Auckland City, Wellington and Waikato Hospitals. The laboratory results are matched with tuberculosis case notifications.

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