The global presence and rapid dissemination of Beijing genotype of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, makes it an important issue of public health. Its presence and association with multi-drug resistance has been shown in many settings.
Jitendra P. Mathuria +6 more
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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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Trends in drug-resistant tuberculosis in a gold-mining workforce in South Africa, 2002-2008. [PDF]
SETTING AND OBJECTIVE: To describe trends in drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in two gold-mining workforces, South Africa, 2002-2008. DESIGN: TB programme data analysis.
Fielding, K. L. +11 more
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Tuberculosis in Sudan: a study of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain genotype and susceptibility to anti-tuberculosis drugs. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Sudan is a large country with a diverse population and history of civil conflict. Poverty levels are high with a gross national income per capita of less than two thousand dollars.
Bottomley, Christian +23 more
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Increasing Trend of Antimicrobial Drug-Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Causing Septicemia [PDF]
The emergence of multi-drug resistant strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa has complicated treatment decision and may lead to treatment failures. In this study, we describe the trends of drug-resistant P.
R Moniri +2 more
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J.R. was supported by Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Cientifico, Tecnologico y de Innovacion Tecnologica (FONDECYT-Peru) within the Proyecto de Mejoramiento y Ampliacion de los Servicios del Sistema Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnologia e Innovacion Tecnologica''
Ormeno, Maria Angeles +8 more
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Primary Antimicrobial Resistance Among Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Isolates from HIV Seropositive and HIV Seronegative Patients in Dar es Salaam Tanzania. [PDF]
The United Republic of Tanzania is one of the 22 high M. tuberculosis burden countries. Data collected between 2002 and 2007 indicate that the global prevalence of drug-resistant M. tuberculosis including MDR vary greatly.
Saathoff, Elmar +22 more
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We identified and characterized a genome of the multi-drug-resistant Bacteroides genomospecies recovered from an invasive specimen from a hospitalized patient in Canada.
Christopher Graham +6 more
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Survival of Civilian and Prisoner Drug-Sensitive, Multi- and Extensive Drug- Resistant Tuberculosis Cohorts Prospectively Followed in Russia [PDF]
This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are ...
Rutterford, CM +34 more
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Molecular Approaches for Detection of the Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Bangladesh
The principal obstacles in the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) are delayed and inaccurate diagnosis which often leads to the onset of the drug resistant TB cases. To avail the appropriate treatment of the patients and to hinder the transmission of drug-resistant TB, accurate and rapid detection of resistant isolates is critical.
Aurin, Tafsina Haque +7 more
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