Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in middle ear: A case report
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a common disease in developing countries, among which middle ear TB is rare. Furthermore, it is relatively difficult to make an early diagnosis and provide follow-up treatment for middle ear TB.
Tanze Cao +5 more
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Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistant to both isoniazid and rifampicin with or without resistance to other drugs is among the most worrisome elements of the pandemic of antibiotic resistance. Globally, about three per cent of all newly diagnosed patients have MDR-TB.
S K, Sharma, A, Mohan
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Explaining risk factors for drug-resistant tuberculosis in England and Wales: contribution of primary and secondary drug resistance [PDF]
Drug-resistant tuberculosis can be transmitted (primary) or develop during the course of treatment (secondary). We investigated risk factors for each type of resistance.
Glynn, JR +5 more
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Abstract This narrative review celebrates Europe's contribution to the current knowledge on systemically administered antimicrobials in periodontal treatment. Periodontitis is the most frequent chronic noncommunicable human disease. It is caused by dysbiotic bacterial biofilms and is commonly treated with subgingival instrumentation.
David Herrera +4 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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Programmatically selected multidrug-resistant strains drive the emergence of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa [PDF]
South Africa shows one of the highest global burdens of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB). Since 2002, MDR-TB in South Africa has been treated by a standardized combination therapy, which until 2010 included
Pillay, Manormoney +41 more
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SHORT-TERM CHEMOTHERAPY REGIMEN OF MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS IN THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
Objective: To study the clinical course of tuberculosis (TB) with multiple drug resistance (MDR) in the treatment of short-term courses recommended by the WHO.
E.V. ZHDANOVA, G.K. TURDUMAMBETOVA
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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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Microscopic-observation drug-susceptibility assay for the diagnosis of TB. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: New diagnostic tools are urgently needed to interrupt the transmission of tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Rapid, sensitive detection of tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in sputum has been demonstrated in ...
Doris LaChira +29 more
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Purpose: Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis continues to cause a public health crisis and remains a threat to health security. Drug resistance to anti-tuberculosis drugs remains a major public health problem that compromises the successes in the fight ...
P.K. Yanogo, A.L. Papique, N. Meda
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