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Transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the UK: a cross-sectional molecular and epidemiological study of clustering and contact tracing [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Between 2000 and 2012 the number of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis cases in the UK increased from 28 per year to 81 per year. We investigated the proportion of MDR tuberculosis cases arising from transmission in the UK and associated ...
Watson, JP, Abubakar, I, Mullarkey, C, Anderson, LF, Tamne, S, Zenner, D, Brown, T   +6 more
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Linezolid-containing regimens for the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis in South African children.

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Treatment options for drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) are limited. Linezolid has been successfully used to treat DR-TB in adults, but there are few case reports of its use in children for TB.
Rose, PC, Hallbauer, UM, Hesseling, AC, Schaaf, HS, Seddon, JA   +4 more
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Evaluation of a standardized treatment regimen of anti-tuberculosis drugs for patients with multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (STREAM) : study protocol for a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

, 2014
Background In contrast to drug-sensitive tuberculosis, the guidelines for the treatment of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) have a very poor evidence base; current recommendations, based on expert opinion, are that patients should be treated ...
Squire, Stephen Bertel, Squire, S Bertel, Patrick PJ Phillips, Madan, Jason, Rusen, I. D., Chiang, Chen-Yuan, Armand Van Deun, Chiang, Chen Yuan, Gabriela Torrea, Phillips, P. (Patrick), Van Deun, Armand, Rusen, ID, Meredith, Sarah K, Jason Madan, Meredith, Sarah K., Nunn, Andrew J, ID Rusen, Nunn, Andrew J., Squire, Bertie, Torrea, Gabriela, Chen-Yuan Chiang, Sarah K Meredith, Phillips, Patrick PJ, Andrew J Nunn, Phillips, Patrick P.J., S Bertel Squire   +25 more
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Prevalence of and risk factors for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Iran and its neighboring countries: systematic review and meta-analysis

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Tuberculosis, in particular drug-resistant tuberculosis, is of global concern due to the high mortality and morbidity associated with it annually. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of and the risk factors for multidrug-resistant ...
Worku Jimma, Marjan Ghazisaeedi, Leila Shahmoradi, Ahmed Abdulahi Abdurahman, Sharareh Rostam Niakan Kalhori, Mahshid Nasehi, Sharifi Yazdi, Reza Safdari   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative Diagnostic Performance of Three Commercial Real‐Time PCR Assays for the Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Bronchial Washing Specimens: A Large Retrospective Study

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, EarlyView.
This large retrospective study compared the diagnostic performance of three commercial real‐time PCR assays (AdvanSure TB/NTM, Cobas MTB, and Xpert MTB/RIF) for MTBC detection in 3348 bronchial washing specimens. In a head‐to‐head comparison of 740 specimens, the Cobas MTB and Xpert MTB/RIF assays showed markedly higher sensitivity than the AdvanSure ...
Jimyung Kim, Yumi Park
wiley   +1 more source

Adverse effects profile of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment in a South African outpatient clinic

South African Family Practice, 2012
Background: Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and drugs that are used to treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis have potentially overlapping adverse effects.
T.Q. Jacobs, A. Ross
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of Carbohydrates and Glycoconjugates by Matrix‐Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry: An Update for 2023–2024

Mass Spectrometry Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The use of MALDI mass spectrometry for the analysis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates is a well‐established technique and this comprehensive review is the twelfth update of the original article published in 1999 and brings coverage of the literature to the end of 2024.
David J. Harvey
wiley   +1 more source

Factors associated with isoniazid resistant tuberculosis among human immunodeficiency virus positive patients in Swaziland: a case-control study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background Isoniazid resistant tuberculosis is the most prevalent type of resistance in Swaziland and over two-thirds of the isoniazid resistant tuberculosis patients are tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus co-infected.
Nonhlanhla Christinah Dlamini, Dar-Der Ji, Li-Yin Chien   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors affecting outcome of longer regimen multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment in West Java Indonesia: A retrospective cohort study.

PLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundMultidrug-resistant tuberculosis had high treatment failure and mortality. Success rate of treatment currently 56% at global level, 48% in Indonesia and 36% in West Java province, the most populated province and surround Jakarta, the capitol of
Arto Yuwono Soeroto, Chica Pratiwi, Prayudi Santoso, Bony Wiem Lestari   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disease Burden, Temporal Trends, and Key Influencing Factors of Lower Respiratory Infections in Asia, 1990–2023: Based on GBD 2023

Med Research, EarlyView.
In 2023, marked regional heterogeneity was observed across Asia: South Asia carried the highest incidence and prevalence, Central Asia had the highest DALY rate, Southeast Asia bore the highest mortality and East Asia and High‐income Asia‐Pacific generally had lower rates.
Lingxia Zhang, Yufeng Li, Enjun Dong, Mingming Zhang, Yuan Tian, Shuang Zhou, Ruizi Ni, Yajing An, Xiaojuan Qin, Bingrui Gao, Qi Shen, Weiguo Sun, Yanhua Liu, Wenping Gong   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source