Diagnosis and Interim Treatment Outcomes from the First Cohort of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients in Tanzania. [PDF]
Kibong'oto National Tuberculosis Hospital (KNTH), Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Characterize the diagnostic process and interim treatment outcomes from patients treated for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Tanzania.
Kumburu Happiness H. +39 more
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International spread of MDR TB from Tugela Ferry, South Africa. [PDF]
We describe a death associated with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and HIV infection outside Africa that can be linked to Tugela Ferry (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa), the town most closely associated with the regional epidemic of drug-resistant ...
Beaton, R Kate +23 more
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Transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the UK: a cross-sectional molecular and epidemiological study of clustering and contact tracing [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Between 2000 and 2012 the number of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis cases in the UK increased from 28 per year to 81 per year. We investigated the proportion of MDR tuberculosis cases arising from transmission in the UK and associated ...
Abubakar, Ibrahim +13 more
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Drug resistance-conferring mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Madang, Papua New Guinea [PDF]
: BACKGROUND: Monitoring drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis is essential to curb the spread of tuberculosis (TB). Unfortunately, drug susceptibility testing is currently not available in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and that impairs TB control in ...
Gagneux, S. +35 more
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AASLD practice guidance on drug, herbal, and dietary supplement–induced liver injury
Hepatology, EarlyView.
Robert J. Fontana +6 more
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Extensively drug resistant tuberculosis in South Africa [PDF]
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 161-168).There are few data for treatment-related outcomes in patients with XDR tuberculosis in settings with high HIV prevalence.
Shean, Karen Penelope
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Detection of extensively drug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis
Introduction: The rise in human immune virus infections (HIV) and the neglect of tuberculosis (TB) control programs have enabled a resurgence of TB. The emergence of drug-resistant strains has also contributed to this new epidemic from 2000 to 2004, with,
S.A. Hafez +4 more
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Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB), pre-extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (pre-XDR TB), and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB) complicate disease control.
Ditthawat Nonghanphithak +12 more
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A Case of Disseminated Extensively Drug Resistant Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis [PDF]
Tuberculosis (TB) strains with drug resistance are more difficult to treat than drug susceptible ones and jeopardise global progress towards the targets set by the World Health Organisation’s End TB Strategy. Although disseminated TB is well known as an
Diti V Gandhasiri +3 more
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Impact of the revised definition of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis [PDF]
Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released a revised definition of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) that should be used for clinical and surveillance purposes starting from January 1st, 2021 [1, 2]. The previous definition of XDR-TB TB was TB that is resistant to any fluoroquinolone (levofloxacin and/or moxifloxacin) and
Nicolas Veziris +8 more
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