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Fistulized multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

Pan African Medical Journal, 2017
A 21-year-old woman with no history of tuberculosis was admitted to the emergency room with an acute abdominal accompanied by fever. She underwent an emergency abdominal operation surgery and histological studies revealed a peritoneal and appendicular ovarian tuberculosis. The patient received antibacillar (Rifampicine, Isoniazid, Pyrazinamide).
Naoual El Omri, Fadwa Mekouar
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Review of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant TB: global perspectives with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]

, 2010
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global emergency and is responsible for 1.7 million deaths annually. Widespread global misuse of isoniazid and rifampicin over three decades has resulted in emergence of the ominous spread of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB ...
Abdool Karim, Amor, Balabanova, Caminero, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chan, Chiang, Chiang, Chiang, Churchyard, Dheda, Dravniece, Dubrovina, Elliott, Espinal, Espinal, Espinal, Flament-Saillour, Gandhi, Gandhi, Gandhi, Goble, Grobusch, Habeenzu, Hoek, Holtz, Holtz, Iseman, Johnson, Kehinde, Kim, Kingkaew, Korenromp, Kranzer, Lalloo, Laserson, Lienhardt, Ma, Martin, Matteelli, Meskel, Migliori, Migliori, Migliori, Migliori, Migliori, Moore, Motus, O’Donnell, Pablos-Méndez, Pai, Park, Pietzka, Pillay, Quy, Saravia, Schaaf, Schaaf, Shah, Somocurcio, Sonnenberg, Sotgiu, Torun, Umubyeyi, Wallis, WHO, WHO, WHO and IUATLD, Wright, Wright, Zumla   +70 more
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Public health advocacy for the Berlin Declaration on tuberculosis in the former Soviet Union: the view of Médecins Sans Frontières [PDF]

, 2012
To assist international efforts to address major gaps in the availability and accessibility of quality diagnosis and treatment for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, Médecins Sans Frontières has adapted an approach combining three sets of interlinked ...
Balabanova D., Bonnet M., Brust J.C., Cox H.S., Cox H.S., Cox H.S., Majumdar S.   +6 more
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Diagnostic value of the combined test of leukocytes in urine and TB-DOT and T-SPOT.TB in blood for urinary tuberculosis

Frontiers in Microbiology
BackgroundThis study aims to evaluate the clinical utility of routine urinary tests and renal function assessments, as well as the Tuberculosis antibody test (TB-DOT) and T-cell spot tests for TB infection (T-SPOT.TB), either individually or in ...
Yanyan Li, Yanyan Li, Yanyan Li, Yanyan Li, Yanyan Li, Yachun Wang, Yachun Wang, Yachun Wang, Yachun Wang, Yachun Wang, Lukuan Wei, Lukuan Wei, Lukuan Wei, Lukuan Wei, Lukuan Wei, Wei Wang, Wei Wang, Wei Wang, Wei Wang, Wei Wang   +19 more
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Emergence of drug resistance in patients with tuberculosis cared for by the Indian health-care system: a dynamic modelling study

The Lancet Public Health, 2017
Background: India has the highest number of patients with tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the world. We used a transmission model to project the emergence of drug resistance in India due to incorrect tuberculosis management practices
Stephanie Law, MSc, Amy S Piatek, MSc, Cheri Vincent, MSPH, Olivia Oxlade, PhD, Prof Dick Menzies, MD   +4 more
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Clinical Features and Treatment Outcomes of Patients with Drug-Resistant and Drug-Sensitive Tuberculosis: A Historical Cohort Study in Porto Alegre, Brazil. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
To evaluate the clinical features and treatment outcomes of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis, stratified by level of drug resistance.This was a historical cohort study based on data from the II National Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Survey (2006 ...
Vania Celina Dezoti Micheletti, Afrânio Lineu Kritski, José Ueleres Braga   +2 more
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Rationing tests for drug-resistant tuberculosis - who are we prepared to miss? [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Early identification of patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) increases the likelihood of treatment success and interrupts transmission.
A Faustini, A Pantoja, A Pooran, A Vassall, C Fitzpatrick, D Martínez, D Menzies, DAJ Moore, DAJ Moore, David A. J. Moore, E Tortoli, EA Kendall, EL Corbett, GJ Churchyard, JC Feres, Jon S. Friedland, Jorge Coronel, K Kliiman, KAK Angeby, L Caviedes, Laura J. Martin, Louis Grandjean, Luz Caviedes, MA Espinal, Martha H. Roper, O Oxlade, P Miotto, PG Suárez, PT Kent, Robert H. Gilman, SS Shin, V Boonsarngsuk, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization   +35 more
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Drug Susceptibility Patterns in MDR-TB Patients: Challenges for Future Regimen Design. A Cross-Sectional Study.

PLoS ONE, 2015
Globally, there is substantial concern regarding the challenges of treating complex drug resistance patterns in multidrug resistant tuberculosis cases.
Helen R Stagg, James Brown, Elmira Ibraim, Vija Riekstiņa, Piret Viiklepp, Andra Cīrule, Horia Cocei, Manfred Danilovitš, Gunta Dravniece, Charlotte Jackson, Peter J White   +10 more
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Estimation of Reserves for Improving the Results of Patients with Multipresistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis in the Application of Surgical Methods Based on Analysis of the Efficiency of Conservative Treatment of a Specified Cohort [PDF]

, 2018
In order to improve the results of treatment of patients with multi-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis with the use of surgical methods, the effectiveness estimation of conservative treatment of 176 patients with this form of tuberculosis according to ...
Ivashchenko, V. (Vladimir), Kalabukha, I. (Igor), Khmel, O. (Oleg)   +2 more
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Epidemic characteristics and drug resistance of tuberculosis in North China

Heliyon, 2020
To analyze the epidemiological characteristics and drug resistance of tuberculosis (TB) patients in northern China. The epidemiological characteristics of 620 patients with tuberculosis from 2014 to 2016 were analyzed, including gender, age, occupation ...
Zheng Qi, Xi Gao, Yan-fu Wang, Chang Liu
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