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Hanif Esmail, Gopalan Narendran, Andrew Nunn
The management of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) has been a formidable challenge for patients, healthcare providers and public health systems for many years. In particular, for multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB), resistant to both rifampicin and isoniazid, the available treatme…
Li Q, Gao H, Zhang Z, Tian Y, Liu T, et al.
The emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is involved in ineffective treatment of TB, especially multidrug resistant/extensively resistant TB (MDR/XDR-TB), leading to acquired resistance and transmission of drug-resistant strains. Second-line drugs (SLD), including both f…
Cicilia Windiyaningsih, Hendra Badaruddin
…sistant tuberculosis is a global challenge especially multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB). Drug-resistant Tuberculosis is classified as a condition where Mycobacterium tuberculosis can’t be treated with anti-tuberculosis drugs. The study aimed to determine the associated risk factor…
Alarcon-Braga EA, Salazar-Valdivia FE, Estrada-Grossmann JM, Mendez-Guerra C, Pacheco-Barrios N, et al.
Background The growing threat from pre-extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (pre-XDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) poses a major public health concern in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Therefore, this study aimed to summarize the available ev…
Javed H, Bakuła Z, Pleń M, Hashmi HJ, Tahir Z, et al.
…longside the 6th among countries with the highest burden of drug-resistant TB, including multi-drug resistant (MDR)-TB. Methods for rapid and reliable drug susceptibility testing (DST) are prerequisite for the prompt institution of effective anti-TB treatment. The aim of this stu…
Microbiologist- External Quality Assurance, State TB control Society, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Keerthivasan Gurumurthy
… concern in India especially with the increasing numbers of drug-resistant cases of tuberculosis. Lack of early diagnosis, inadequate and inappropriate treatment are the major contributors to the development of drug resistance. PMDT strategy strives for early diagnosis and approp…
Wencong He, Yun‐Hong Tan, Peiying Li, Jingjing Bao, Yimeng Song, et al.
ObjectiveTo analyze the dynamic trend of drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Leiyang city, Hunan province from 2013 to 2017, and to understand the local drug resistance spectrum of M. tuberculosis, so as to provide evidences for the formulation of chemotherapy regime…
Bashir Ullah, Rukhsana Saboor, Muhammad Zahid Iqbal, Atiq Ahmad Bhatti, Abad Ur Rehman, et al.
Aim: To determine the frequency of pre-extensively drug resistant tuberculosis, extensively drug resistant tuberculosis in patients with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. Study design: Retrospective/observational Place and duration of study: Department of Medicine, Bolan Medical…
Yousaf Jamal, Jamal Ahmad, Afsar Ali, Mahmood Iqbal Malik, Sultan Mehmood Kamran, et al.
Objective: To study the patterns of resistance to anti tuberculosis drugs in patients of drug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis. Study Design: Cross sectional analytical study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Pulmonology, PEMH Rawalpindi from Jul 2016 to Dec 2017. Metho…
Lan Y, Li Y, Chen L, Zhang J, Zhang H
… TB in 2017. The objectives of this study were to determine drug resistance profiles of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates and to analyze the trends in drug-resistant and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) from 2008 to 2015 at a major hospital in Guizhou, a high-…
Mujuni D, Kasemire DL, Ibanda I, Kabugo J, Nsawotebba A, et al.
Background Second-line drug resistance (SLD) among tuberculosis (TB) patients is a serious emerging challenge towards global control of the disease. We characterized SLD-resistance conferring-mutations among TB patients with rifampicin and/or isoniazid (RIF and/or INH) drug-resis…
Sadhana Awasthi, Neha Verma, Ram Gopal Nautiyal, Hariom Kumar Solanki
Background: Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (DR-TB) has frequently been encountered in India, and its presence has been known virtually from the time anti-TB drugs were introduced for the treatment of Tuberculosis. Multi Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a man-made phenomenon a…
Beijing Hospital
Background: Drug resistant tuberculosis is a serious public health problem that threatens the health of human life and the development of society and economy. At present, the diagnosis of drug-resistant tuberculosis mainly depends on traditional drug susceptibility test. But it …
Mogashoa T, Melamu P, Derendinger B, Ley SD, Streicher EM, et al.
The emergence and transmission of multidrug resistant (MDR) and extensively drug resistant (XDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) strains is a threat to global tuberculosis (TB) control. The early detection of drug resistance is critical for patient management. The aim of this s…
Cai X, Xu X, He G, Jiang X, Wu L
… a global public health concern. This study aims to compare drug resistance in drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) patients with and without DM and analyse the risk factors of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Methods A total of 893 DR-TB patients were admitted to Wenzho…
Mehrian P, Farnia P, Jalalvand D, Chamani MR, Bakhtiyari M
Purpose Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is simultaneously resistant to isoniazid and rifampin. Of course, this germ may also be resistant to other anti-tuberculosis drugs. Patients with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) are also resistant to all types of…
Rahul Kumar, Rajiv Garg, Silpa Kshetrimayum, Amita Jain
Background: Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (DR-TB) is a major threat to the realization of the goal of a TB free world in the near future. It is important to study the reasons for the increasing number of such cases so that effective action can be taken to control this growing epide…
Shah I, Poojari V, Meshram H
…high burden countries for tuberculosis (TB) including multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) and extensively-drug resistant (XDR) TB. Drug-resistant (DR) TB has threatened the TB care and is a major health problem in many countries; treatment of DR TB has been difficult requiring use o…
Chisompola NK, Streicher EM, Muchemwa CMK, Warren RM, Sampson SL
Background The burden of drug resistant tuberculosis in Africa is largely driven by the emergence and spread of multidrug resistant (MDR) and extensively drug resistant (XDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains. MDR-TB is defined as resistance to isoniazid and rifampicin, while XD…
P Sudha Kumari, M Siva Durga Prasad Nayak, Usha Devi, Susmita Susmita, SG Sushma
…f the World Health Organisation (WHO) on the disease. Multi-Drug Resistant TB (MDR-TB) cases have been increasing in India. About half of the world’s MDR-TB cases are present in India. Aim: To assess the incidence of drug resistant TB in Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh, India, …
Mijala Bajracharya, Sanjeev Singh, Sabin Shrestha, Usha Giri
Introduction: Multi drug resistance is a serious threat for high prevalence countries and may have some effect on low prevalence countries and it is defined as resistance to at least isoniazid and rifampicin. Drug resistance tuberculosis results from in sufficient chemotherapy an…
Xiujuan Zhao, Lin Liu, Xingyong Wu, Sijing Li, Biao Liu, et al.
Abstract BackgroundThe emergence of antimicrobial resistance against mycobacterium tuberculosis has become the major concern in global tuberculosis control due to its limited therapy options and high mortality. However, the clinical and molecular characteristics of drug-resistant…
Dennis Mujuni, Willy Ssengooba, Ivan Ibanda, Joel Kabugo, Dianah Linda Kasemire, et al.
…nt success rates stemming from the emergence of second-line drug resistance. We aimed at determining the usefulness of second-line drug (SLD) resistance markers as proxy indicators of time to sputum culture conversion; a renowned predictor of Tuberculosis treatment outcome, among…
Chen X, He G, Wang S, Lin S, Chen J, et al.
…lly feasible tool for timely and comprehensive diagnosis of drug resistance in developed countries. With the increase in the incidence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), second-line anti-TB drugs are gaining importance. However, genetic resistance to second-line anti-T…
Susanna S van Wyk, Marriott Nliwasa, James A. Seddon, Graeme Hoddinott, Lario Viljoen, et al.
ABSTRACT Background Transmission of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is ongoing, and many households face catastrophic costs when a member is diagnosed and treated for drug-resistant TB. Finding individuals with drug-resistant TB and initiating treatment as early as possible is i…