Strong Decrease in Streptomycin-Resistance and Absence of XDR 12 Years after the Reorganization of the National Tuberculosis Control Program in the Central Region of Cameroon

• Larissa Kamgue Sidze ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Larissa Kamgue Sidze, Emmanuel Mouafo Tekwu

  Affiliations Laboratory for Tuberculosis Research (LTR), Biotechnology Center (BTC), University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Central African Network for Tuberculosis, AIDS/HIV and Malaria (CANTAM), Brazzaville, Congo

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• Emmanuel Mouafo Tekwu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Larissa Kamgue Sidze, Emmanuel Mouafo Tekwu

  Affiliations Laboratory for Tuberculosis Research (LTR), Biotechnology Center (BTC), University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Central African Network for Tuberculosis, AIDS/HIV and Malaria (CANTAM), Brazzaville, Congo

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• Christopher Kuaban,

  Affiliation Pneumology Unit, Jamot Hospital, Yaoundé, Cameroon

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• Jean-Paul Assam Assam,

  Affiliations Laboratory for Tuberculosis Research (LTR), Biotechnology Center (BTC), University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Central African Network for Tuberculosis, AIDS/HIV and Malaria (CANTAM), Brazzaville, Congo

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• Jean-Claude Tedom,

  Affiliations Laboratory for Tuberculosis Research (LTR), Biotechnology Center (BTC), University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Central African Network for Tuberculosis, AIDS/HIV and Malaria (CANTAM), Brazzaville, Congo

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• Sara Eyangoh,

  Affiliation Mycobacteriology Service, Reference laboratory of NTP, Centre Pasteur of Cameroon-Pasteur Institute International Network, Yaoundé, Cameroon

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• François-Xavier Fouda,

  Affiliation Mbalmayo District Hospital, Mbalmayo, Cameroon

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• Désiré Nolna,

  Affiliation National Tuberculosis Control Program (NTCP), Yaoundé, Cameroon

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• Francine Ntoumi,

  Affiliations Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale, Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Congo, Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Central African Network for Tuberculosis, AIDS/HIV and Malaria (CANTAM), Brazzaville, Congo

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• Matthias Frank ,

  * E-mail: Matthias.Frank@uni-tuebingen.de (MF); v.penlap@yahoo.fr (VPB)

  Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Deutsches Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (DZIF), Tübingen, Germany, Central African Network for Tuberculosis, AIDS/HIV and Malaria (CANTAM), Brazzaville, Congo

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• Véronique N. Penlap Beng

  * E-mail: Matthias.Frank@uni-tuebingen.de (MF); v.penlap@yahoo.fr (VPB)

  Affiliations Laboratory for Tuberculosis Research (LTR), Biotechnology Center (BTC), University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Central African Network for Tuberculosis, AIDS/HIV and Malaria (CANTAM), Brazzaville, Congo

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