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‘Z S -MDR-TB’ versus ‘Z R -MDR-TB’: improving treatment of MDR-TB by identifying pyrazinamide susceptibility

Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2012
Indispensable for shortening treatment of drug-susceptible tuberculosis (TB), pyrazinamide (PZA, Z) is also essential in the treatment of multidrug-resistant (MDR)-TB. While resistance to PZA in MDR-TB is associated with poor treatment outcome, bacillary
Wenhong Zhang, Kwok-Chiu Chang, Dorothy Fallows   +2 more
exaly   +6 more sources

MDR TB Transmission, Singapore

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013
To the Editor: Over the past decade, the proportion of pulmonary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) cases among Singapore-born patients remained low, whereas that among foreign-born patients was 10× higher (1,2). Since 2005, Singapore has experienced a sharp increase in the number of MDR TB cases from high-prevalence countries (3).
Cynthia B.E. Chee, Li-Yang Hsu, Li-Hwei Sng, Yee-Sin Leo, Jeffery Cutter, Yee-Tang Wang   +5 more
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Predictors of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Sudan [PDF]

Antibiotics, 2019
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a global public health threat and burden on the health system. This is especially the case in high tuberculosis (TB) prevalence countries, such as Sudan. Consequently, this study aimed to ascertain the predictors of MDR-TB in Sudan to provide future guidance.
Brian Godman, Hassali Ma, Monadil Hamad   +2 more
exaly   +6 more sources

High-dose gatifloxacin-based shorter treatment regimens for MDR/RR-TB

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022
Setting: The shorter treatment regimen (STR) for multidrug- or rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (MDR/RR-TB) has achieved successful outcomes in many countries.
Qi Nie, Lixuan Tao, Yingying Li, Nanshan Chen, Hua Chen, Yong Zhou, Yanqiu Wang, Huidong Chen, Qiuping Tang, Xianguang Wang, Chaolin Huang, Chengfeng Yang   +11 more
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Phenotypic drug susceptibility characterization and clinical outcomes of tuberculosis strains with A-probe mutation by GeneXpert MTB/RIF

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background GeneXpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) assay was applied widely to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and rifampicin resistance. Methods Retrospectively investigated the association among treatment histories, phenotypic drug susceptibility testing ...
Qi Nie, Dan Sun, Muxin Zhu, Shengjin Tu, Nanshan Chen, Hua Chen, Yong Zhou, Ge Yao, Xiaoqing Zhang, Tongcun Zhang, Chengfeng Yang, Lixuan Tao   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disease control implications of India's changing multi-drug resistant tuberculosis epidemic. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) is a major health challenge in India that is gaining increasing public attention, but the implications of India's evolving MDR TB epidemic are poorly understood.
Sze-Chuan Suen, Eran Bendavid, Jeremy D Goldhaber-Fiebert   +2 more
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Global trends in the incidence rates of MDR and XDR tuberculosis: Findings from the global burden of disease study 2019

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2023
Purpose: The study aimed to quantify the global trends of the incidence rates of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (XDR-TB).Methods: Cases, age-standardized rates (ASRs), and incidence rates
Qingting Bu, Rong Qiang, Lingyan Fang, Xiaokang Peng, Hua Zhang, Hua Cheng   +5 more
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Intra-urban variation in tuberculosis and community socioeconomic deprivation in Lisbon metropolitan area: a Bayesian approach

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2022
Background Multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a recognized threat to global efforts to TB control and remains a priority of the National Tuberculosis Programs. Additionally, social determinants and socioeconomic deprivation have since long been
Olena Oliveira, Ana Isabel Ribeiro, Raquel Duarte, Margarida Correia-Neves, Teresa Rito   +4 more
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Project extension for community healthcare outcomes improves care and treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Tanzania

International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2021
Background: Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (Project ECHO) is a telementoring, case based virtual community of practice training and education model connecting experts to primary care clinicians (PCCs).
Daud Dunstan Peter, Shabani Ramadhani Mziray, Isack Augustino Lekule, Victor Kitundu, Salum Mohamed, Riziki Michael Kisonga, Stellah George Mpagama, Bruce Baird Struminger   +7 more
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Discrepancy in the transmissibility of multidrug-resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis in urban and rural areas in China

Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2023
The fitness of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is thought to be an important determinant of a strain’s ability to be transmitted. Studies in the laboratory have demonstrated that MDR-TB strains have reduced fitness but the relative ...
Meng Li, Liping Lu, Mingcheng Guo, Qi Jiang, Lan Xia, Yuan Jiang, Shu Zhang, Yong Qiu, Chongguang Yang, Yiwang Chen, Jianjun Hong, Xiaoqin Guo, Howard Takiff, Xin Shen, Chuang Chen, Qian Gao   +15 more
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