The Spanish multidrug resistant tuberculosis network

S Samper; M J Iglesias; O Tello; on behalf of the Spanish Working Group on MDR-TB

doi:10.2807/esm.05.04.00037-en

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The Spanish multidrug resistant tuberculosis network
S Samper¹ , M J Iglesias¹ , O Tello² , on behalf of the Spanish Working Group on MDR-TB ³
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Affiliations: ¹ University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain ² Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain ³ Hospital Mycobacteriology Laboratories from National and Regional Health System

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Citation style for this article: Samper S, Iglesias M. J., Tello O, on behalf of the Spanish Working Group on MDR-TB . The Spanish multidrug resistant tuberculosis network. Euro Surveill. 2000;5(4):pii=37. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.05.04.00037-en

Abstract

The network to monitor the spread of multidrug resistance tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Spain based on genomic typing and set up in January 1998 benefits from the participation of about 90% of the laboratories of the national health system. Of the 94 MDR-TB pa