TB Research

Is the new WHO definition of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis easy to apply in practice?

Riccardo Alagna, Andrea Maurizio Cabibbe, Paolo Miotto, Francesca Saluzzo, Claudio U. Köser, Stefan Niemann, Sébastien Gagneux, Camilla Rodrigues, et al. (10 authors)

European Respiratory Journal · 2021-07

Abstract

<b>The new definition of extensively drug resistant tuberculosis endorsed by WHO poses some challenges that must be addressed in a coordinated fashion by researchers, TB control stakeholders and assay developers</b>https://bit.ly/3eAMU8B

MeSH terms

  • Tuberculosis
  • Drug
  • Computer science
  • Drug resistant tuberculosis
  • Medicine