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Tackling tuberculosis: insights from an international TB Summit in London [PDF]

, 2015
Tuberculosis (TB) poses a grave predicament to the world as it is not merely a scientific challenge but a socio-economic burden as well. A prime cause of mortality in human due to an infectious disease; the malady and its cause, Mycobacterium ...
Anuradha HK, Das PK, de Kantor IN, Digman C, Garrod A, Hong Kong Chest Service/British Medical Research C, Landolfi JA, McKee M, Organization WH, Root HF, Snow G, Wayne LG, WHO, Zhang Y, Zhang Y   +14 more
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Extensively Drug-Resistant (XDR) Enteric Fever in Children

Pakistan Journal of Medicine and Dentistry
Background: Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers are caused by Salmonella enterica subspecies serovars typhi (Salmonella typhi and Paratyphi) and the term enteric fever is generally used to describe both.
Sana Ashraf , Mehtab Hussain, Asma Noreen, Falak Abro, Nadeem Noor, Ramla Rehman   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

GenoType® MTBDRsl assay for resistance to second-line anti-tuberculosis drugs [PDF]

, 2016
Background Genotype® MTBDRsl (MTBDRsl) is a rapid DNA-based test for detecting specific mutations associated with resistance to fluoroquinolones and second-line injectable drugs (SLIDs) in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.
Dheda, Keertan, Peter, Jonny, Richardson, Martha, Steingart, Karen, Theron, Grant, Warren, Rob   +5 more
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Prevalence of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Sudan:a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2021
Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) is still one of the most critical issues impeding worldwide TB control efforts. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to give an updated picture of the prevalence of DR-TB in Sudan.
Hajissa, Khalid, Idriss, Mubarak Ibrahim, Islam, Md Asiful, Marzan, Mahfuza   +3 more
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Guava Leaf Extract Exhibits Antimicrobial Activity in Extensively Drug-Resistant (XDR) Acinetobacter baumannii

Molecules
Currently, a global health crisis is being caused by microbial resistance, in which Acinetobacter baumannii plays a crucial role, being considered the highest-priority microorganism by the World Health Organization (WHO) for discovering new antibiotics ...
Daniela Gutierrez-Montiel, Alma L. Guerrero-Barrera, Flor Y. Ramírez-Castillo, Fabiola Galindo-Guerrero, Ingrid G. Ornelas-García, Norma A. Chávez-Vela, Matheus de O. Costa, Francisco J. Avelar-Gonzalez, Adriana C. Moreno-Flores, Erick Vazquez-Pedroza, José M. Arreola-Guerra, Mario González-Gámez   +11 more
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Detection of pelA and associated virulence genes in emerging multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant (MDR and XDR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from Oreochromis niloticus

Bulgarian Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 2023
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the common pathogens causing serious infections in fish, conse-quently high economic losses in freshwater aquaculture. This study was carried out to investigate the prevalence, antibiotic sensitivity, and distribution of ...
R. M. El-Tarabili, H. M. Eid, H. A. A. Elghayaty , E. M. Zaghloul   +3 more
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Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment adherence in migrants: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a growing concern in meeting global targets for TB control. In high-income low-TB-incidence countries, a disproportionate number of MDR-TB cases occur in migrant (foreign-born) populations, with ...
A Faustini, A Minetti, A Sharma, A Woodward, AS Malin, B Abarca Tomas, B Karo, C Oest van der, C Zhou, C Zimmerman, CA Nsofor, CC Dobler, D Judge, D Moher, EJ Donnan, GS Grover, J Cheng, J Gao, Jon S. Friedland, K Lönnroth, K Lönnroth, KF Laserson, Kieran Rustage, Laura B. Nellums, M Dara, M Flament-Saillour, M Ouzzani, MF Franke, MR Masjedi, R Manfredi, RR Kempker, RW Aldridge, S Lin, S Priebe, S Wu, SA Munro, Sally Hargreaves, T Cai, TR Sterling, V Bartu, VN Nyaga, W Devillé, Y Tang   +42 more
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Emergence of resistance to fluoroquinolones and third-generation cephalosporins in Salmonella Typhi in Lahore, Pakistan [PDF]

, 2020
Extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Salmonella Typhi has been reported in Sindh province of Pakistan since 2016. The potential for further spread is of serious concern as remaining treatment options are severely limited.
Ainsworth, Emma V., Alikhan, Nabil-Fareed, Baker, David, Fayyaz Ur Rehman, Muhammad, Ikram, Aamer, Imran, Ambereen Anwar, Khurshid, Mohsin, Langridge, Gemma C., Nisar, Muhammad Atif, Rasheed, Farhan, Rasool, Muhammad Hidayat, Saeed, Muhammad, Saqalein, Muhammad, Turner, A. Keith, Wain, John, Yasir, Muhammad   +15 more
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Potential of immunomodulatory agents as adjunct host-directed therapies for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis [PDF]

, 2016
Treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is extremely challenging due to the virulence of the etiologic strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.
Dodoo, E, Maeurer, M, Rao, M, Zumla, A
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Treatment initiation among persons diagnosed with drug resistant tuberculosis in Johannesburg, South Africa [PDF]

, 2017
In South Africa, roughly half of the drug-resistant TB cases diagnosed are reported to have been started on treatment. We determined the proportion of persons diagnosed with rifampicin resistant (RR-) TB who initiated treatment in Johannesburg after the ...
Berhanu, Rebecca, Black, Andrew, Evans, Denise, Govathson, Caroline, Long, Lawrence, Rosen, Sydney, Schnippel, Kathryn, Sineke, Tembeka   +7 more
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