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Co-occurrence of antibiotic and disinfectant resistance genes in extensively drug-resistant Escherichia coli isolated from broilers in Ilorin, North Central Nigeria [PDF]

, 2022
Objectives: The occurrence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria in poultry poses the public health threat of zoonotic transmission to humans. Hence, this study assessed the occurrence of drug-resistant Escherichia coli in broilers in the largest live ...
Adetunji, Victoria, Al-Mustapha, Ahmad Ibrahim, Alada, Shafi Abdullah, Brouwer, Michael S. M., Eskola, Katarina, Heikinheimo, Annamari, Lawal, Adedeji Nurudeen, Raufu, Ibrahim Adisa   +7 more
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Accuracy of line probe assays for the diagnosis of pulmonary and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

, 2017
Only 25% of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) cases are currently diagnosed. Line probe assays (LPAs) enable rapid drug-susceptibility testing for rifampicin (RIF) and isoniazid (INH) resistance and Mycobacterium tuberculosis detection.
Al-Mutairi, Asante-Poku, Asencios, Aung, Aurin, Bablishvili, Brossier, Bwanga, Causse, Chen, Claudia M. Denkinger, Fabre, Farooqi, Felkel, Gauthier, Gitti, Heifets, Huang, Imperiale, Kapata, Karen R. Steingart, Khadka, Kumar, Li, Macedo, Madhukar Pai, N'Guessan, Nwofor, Patrick G.T Cudahy, Raveendran, Rienthong, Ruvandhi R. Nathavitharana, Samuel G. Schumacher, Sangsayunh, Shubladze, Simons, Singhal, Sreevatsan, Telenti, Tho, Warren, Yadav, Yordanova   +42 more
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Genomic characterization of antibiotic resistant Escherichia coli isolated from domestic chickens in Pakistan [PDF]

, 2019
Poultry husbandry is important for the economic health of Pakistan, but the Pakistani poultry industry is negatively impacted by infections ...
Abbas, Muhammad Athar, Ali Malik, Akbar, Ali, Naeem, Burnham, Carey-Ann D, D\u27Souza, Alaric W, Dantas, Gautam, Ferreiro, Aura, Potter, Robert F, Rafique, Muhammad, Rahim, Abdul, Siddique, Naila, Wallace, Meghan A   +11 more
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Drug Resistance Pattern in Multidrug Resistance Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients [PDF]

, 2010
Objective: To evaluate accuracy of modified Kenneth Jones scoring criteria (MKJSC) as a screening tool to diagnose tuberculous meningitis in children. Study Design: Cross-sectional study.
Irfan, Muhammad, Mehfooz, Zeeshan, Rao, Nisar Ahmed, Soomro, Mir Mir   +3 more
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Regimens to treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis:past, present and future perspectives [PDF]

, 2019
Over the past few decades, treatment of multidrug-resistant (MDR)/ extensively drugresistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB) has been challenging because of its prolonged duration (up to 2024 months), toxicity, costs and sub-optimal outcomes. After over 40 years
, Migliori, Giovanni Battista, Pontali, Emanuele, Raviglione, Mario C.   +3 more
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Emergence of High Level Carbapenem and Extensively Drug Resistant Escherichia coli ST746 Producing NDM-5 in Influent of Wastewater Treatment Plant, Seoul, South Korea [PDF]

, 2021
High level carbapenem and extensively drug resistant (XDR) Escherichia coli strain N7, which produces a variant of New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM-5), was isolated from the influent of the Jungnang wastewater treatment plant located on Han River ...
Han, Dukki, Hur, Hor-Gil, Kim, Yeonghyeon, Shin, Hanseob   +3 more
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Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis—Current Dilemmas, Unanswered Questions, Challenges, and Priority Needs [PDF]

, 2017
Tuberculosis was declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1993. Following the declaration and the promotion in 1995 of directly observed treatment short course (DOTS), a cost-effective strategy to contain the tuberculosis ...
Abubakar, Ibrahim, Atun, Rifat, Chakaya, Jeremiah, Cox, Helen, Ditiu, Lucica, Ford, Nathan, Grobusch, Martin, Hoelscher, Michael, Lawn, Stephen D., Maeurer, Markus, Marais, Ben, Mchugh, Timothy D., McNerney, Ruth, Memish, Ziad, Migliori, Giovanni-Battista, Mwaba, Peter, O'Grady, Justin, Pletschette, Michel, Ramsay, Andrew, Raviglione, Mario, Schito, Marco, Squire, S. Bertel, Swaminathan, Soumya, Zumla, Alimuddin   +23 more
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Characterization of the Diversity in Host Range of an Extensively Drug-Resistant (XDR) Type IV Secretion System-Encoding Plasmid in Acinetobacter

Pathogens
The World Health Organization (WHO) cites antimicrobial resistance as among the greatest threats to human health. The multidrug-resistant pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii, recognized as a priority pathogen for healthcare and research, is responsible for ...
Kailey Martz, Dalya Alomar, Marisha Karim, Sara Knezevic, Vanessa M. D’Costa   +4 more
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Revisiting susceptibility testing in MDR-TB by a standardized quantitative phenotypic assessment in a European multicentre study [PDF]

, 2017
Objectives Treatment outcome of MDR-TB is critically dependent on the proper use of second-line drugs as per the result of in vitro drug susceptibility testing (DST).
Böttger, E. C., Cambau, E., Cirillo, D. M., Hoffner, S., Machado, D., Matthys, V., Perez Del Molino, M. L., Raskine, L., Richter, E., Ritter, C., Tortoli, E., van Soolingen, D., Viveiros, M.   +12 more
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Increasing antituberculosis drug resistance in the United Kingdom: analysis of National Surveillance Data. [PDF]

, 2008
OBJECTIVE: To identify recent trends in, and factors associated with, resistance to antituberculosis drugs in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. DESIGN: Cohort of tuberculosis cases reported to the enhanced tuberculosis surveillance system matched to ...
Abubakar, Ibrahim, Anderson, Charlotte, Brown, Timothy J, Drobniewski, Francis, Kruijshaar, Michelle E, Magee, John G, Smith, E Grace, Story, Alistair, Watson, John M   +8 more
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