The aims of the study was to determine drug resistance rates in 30 tuberculosis patients previously have been treated with streptomycin (SM), isoniazide (INH), ethabutol (E) and rifampicin (R) in Pirngadi Hospital, Medan. Ninety-six percent of these patients showed resistance to one or more of the following 4 drugs SM, INH, E and RF. Resistance to E was encountered most (83.33 percent), followe…
The use of BCG vaccine has been controversial for decades, however BCG is the most widely used vaccine in the world. There are different policies regarding the use of BCG in different countries and region of the world, with different vaccine preparation. Where BCG is used, the vaccine is most commonly administered at birth or in the first of life, and in some regions, multiple revaccinations ha…