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Extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB): A potential threat.

Journal of basic and clinical pharmacy, 2014
Emergence of extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) has been reported by more than 55 countries. XDR-TB is considered as untreatable and highly fatal disease. In developing countries like India, number of cases of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and XDR-TB are increasing. Emergence of resistance to Isoniazid and Rifampicin, the two
Anaga, Marwar, Ivvala Anand, Shaker, Hemraz, Palawan, , Nanadal, M S, Ranjith, , GokulShankar   +5 more
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Bloodstream Infections in a Nepalese Tertiary Hospital-Aetiology, Drug Resistance and Clinical Outcome

Journal of Nepal Health Research Council
Background: Bloodstream infections (BSIs) are a leading cause of sepsis-related morbidity and mortality globally. We present the pathogenic agents of bloodstream infections, their antimicrobial susceptibilities, and associated outcomes, with a focus on ...
Shraddha Siwakoti, Rinku Sah, Roshan Chhetri, Basudha Khanal   +3 more
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ATP Bioluminescence Assay To Evaluate Antibiotic Combinations against Extensively Drug-Resistant (XDR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa. [PDF]

Microbiol Spectr, 2022
Puig-Collderram B, Domene-Ochoa S, Salvà-Comas M, Montero MM, Duran X, González JR, Grau S, Oliver A, Horcajada JP, Padilla E, Segura C, Prim N.   +11 more
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Extensively-drug resistant tuberculosis: A new strain and future challenge

Journal of Associated Medical Sciences, 2015
Extensively-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is emerging as an even more ominous treat. XDR-TB is defined as TB that is resistant to any fluoroquinolone, and at least one of three injectable second-line drugs (capreomycin, kanamycin and amikacin), in
Ratikorn Gamngoen, Chanyanuch Putim, Bordin Burt-Indr   +2 more
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Extensively Drug-Resistant (XDR) Salmonella Typhi Outbreak by Waterborne Infection - Beijing Municipality, China, January-February 2022. [PDF]

China CDC Wkly, 2022
Wang Y, Lu D, Jin Y, Wang H, Lyu B, Zhang X, Huang Y, Shu G, Liu B, Lin C, Zhao H, Zhao M, Shen L, Gao Z, Zhang D, Wang Q, Qu M, Jia L.   +17 more
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Extensively Drug-resistant Tuberculosis (XDR-TB) Raises Challenges in TB Control in Taiwan

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2008
Since last year, Mr Lee, a 56-year-old tuberculosis (TB) patient, has been locked up indefinitely, perhaps for the rest of his life. Prior to that, he had escaped from hospital before the end of his multiple drug-resistant TB treatment, and had strongly expressed unwillingness to return to hospital for treatment.
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Treatment of extensively-drug resistant (XDR) Acinetobacter and impact on clinical outcomes in U.S. veterans affairs (VA) medical centers. [PDF]

Am J Infect Control, 2022
Fitzpatrick MA, Suda KJ, Poggensee L, Vivo A, Wilson G, Jones MM, Evans M, Safdar N, Evans CT.   +8 more
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Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, and Ukraine, 2017–2022

Emerging Infectious Diseases
In 2021, the World Health Organization recommended new extensively drug-resistant (XDR) and pre-XDR tuberculosis (TB) definitions. In a recent cohort of TB patients in Eastern Europe, we show that XDR TB as currently defined is associated with ...
Victor Naestholt Dahl, Tetiana Butova, Alex Rosenthal, Alina Grinev, Andrei Gabrielian, Sergo Vashakidze, Natalia Shubladze, Bekzat Toxanbayeva, Lyailya Chingissova, Valeriu Crudu, Dumitru Chesov, Gulmira Kalmambetova, Gulbarchyn Saparova, Christian Morberg Wejse, Dmytro Butov   +14 more
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Extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Neisseria gonorrhoeae causing possible gonorrhoea treatment failure with ceftriaxone plus azithromycin in Austria, April 2022. [PDF]

Euro Surveill, 2022
Pleininger S, Indra A, Golparian D, Heger F, Schindler S, Jacobsson S, Heidler S, Unemo M.   +7 more
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Extensively-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR-TB)

Pediatric Oncall, 2022
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