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An update on multidrug-resistant tuberculosis [PDF]

Clinical Medicine, 2019
Of the 10 million incident cases of tuberculosis (TB) globally in 2017, around 558,000 cases were rifampicin-resistant of which 82% were multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB. In England, 5,102 cases were recorded of which 55 cases (1.8%) were MDR-TB. MDR-TB cases have worse outcomes and are a serious public health issue.Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests ...
Park, M, Satta, G, Kon, OM
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International spread of MDR TB from Tugela Ferry, South Africa. [PDF]

, 2011
We describe a death associated with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and HIV infection outside Africa that can be linked to Tugela Ferry (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa), the town most closely associated with the regional epidemic of drug-resistant ...
Beaton, R Kate, John, Laurence, Simon Ashworth, Onn Kon, Alexander Pym, O. Martin Williams, Kon, Onn Min, Richard J. Lessells, Alexander S. Pym, Williams, O Martin, Graham Cooke, Pym, Alexander S, Onn Min Kon, Graham S. Cooke, Cooke, Graham S, Moodley, P, Supply, P, R. Kate Beaton, P. Supply, Laurence John, Lessells, Richard J, Ashworth, Simon, Richard Lessells, P. Moodley   +23 more
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Drug resistance-conferring mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Madang, Papua New Guinea [PDF]

, 2012
: BACKGROUND: Monitoring drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis is essential to curb the spread of tuberculosis (TB). Unfortunately, drug susceptibility testing is currently not available in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and that impairs TB control in ...
Gagneux, S., Siba Peter, Beck, H. P., Hans-Peter Beck, Beck Hans-Peter, Carter Robyn, Paul Harino, Harino, P., Carter, R., Serej Ley, Ley Serej, Siba, P., Gagneux Sebastien, Borrell Sonia, Coscolla Mireia, Mireia Coscolla, Ballif Marie, Stefan Niemann, Ley, S., Marie Ballif, Coulter, C., Robyn Carter, Coulter Christopher, Christopher Coulter, Ballif, M., Peter Siba, Niemann, S., Harino Paul, Niemann Stefan, Sebastien Gagneux, Phuanukoonnon, S., Borrell, S., Coscolla, M., Sonia Borrell, Suparat Phuanukoonnon, Phuanukoonnon Suparat   +35 more
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Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis today [PDF]

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2012
The World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners have long conducted efforts to improve tuberculosis (TB) case surveillance and programme monitoring and evaluation. WHO’s 2011 report on global TB control1 provided the most reliable information ever generated on the burden of disease and death caused by TB and multidrug-resistant TB (i.e.
Matteelli, A., Centis, R., D'Ambrosio, L., Migliori, G. B.   +3 more
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The infectiousness of tuberculosis patients coinfected with HIV [PDF]

, 2008
The current understanding of airborne tuberculosis (TB) transmission is based on classic 1950s studies in which guinea pigs were exposed to air from a tuberculosis ward.
Ticona, E., Navincopa, Marcos, Gilman, RH, Gilman, R.H., Caviedes, L, Carlton A Evans, Patricia Sheen, Caviedes, L., Gilman Robert H, Gonzalez Armando, Ticona, Eduardo, Gonzalez, A, Moore, David AJ, Sheen, Patricia, Robert H Gilman, Caviedes Luz, Sheen Patricia, Armando Gonzalez, Navincopa, M., Catherine J Noakes, Sheen, P, Jon S Friedland, A Roderick Escombe, Gilman, Robert H, Martínez Carlos, Pan, W., Martinez, C, Escombe, AR, William Pan, Luz Caviedes, Evans, Carlton A, Gonzalez, A., Friedland, Jon S, Navincopa, M, Pan, W, Escombe A. Roderick, Noakes Catherine J, Noakes, Catherine J, Martínez, Carlos, Noakes, CJ, Evans, C.A., Evans, CA, Carlos Martínez, Moore, D.A.J., Caviedes, Luz, Moore, DAJ, Escombe, A.R., Friedland, J.S., Pan, William, Ticona, E, Moore David A. J, Navincopa Marcos, Pan William, David A J Moore, Friedland Jon S, Noakes, C.J., Sheen, P., Friedland, JS, Martinez, C., Ticona Eduardo, Marcos Navincopa, Evans Carlton A, Gonzalez, Armando, Eduardo Ticona, Escombe, A Roderick   +64 more
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Worldwide occurrence of Beijing/W strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a systematic review. [PDF]

, 2002
Strains of the Beijing/W genotype family of Mycobacterium tuberculosis have caused large outbreaks of tuberculosis, sometimes involving multidrug resistance. This genetically highly conserved family of M.
Judith R. Glynn, Pablo J. Bifani, Dick van Soolingen, Bifani, Pablo J, Jennifer Whiteley, Kremer, Kristin, Whiteley, Jennifer, Judith R. Glynn, Kristin Kremer, Glynn, Judith R, van Soolingen, Dick   +10 more
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Good quality locally procured drugs can be as effective as internationally quality assured drugs in treating multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Owing toGiven the high costs of drugs to treat multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), the Green Light Committee (GLC) initiative enables TB programs to procure quality-assured drugs at reduced prices.
David Moore, Qazi, Fahad, Qadeer Ejaz, Qazi Fahad, Moore David, Moore D., Fahad Qazi, Katherine Fielding, Fatima R., Khan M.S., Khan, Mishal S, Mishal S Khan, Qadeer E., Qazi F., Ejaz Qadeer, Qadeer, Ejaz, Fielding Katherine, Fielding, Katherine, Moore, David, Razia Fatima, Fatima Razia, Fielding K., Fatima, Razia, Khan Mishal S.   +23 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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Evaluation of a PCR-based universal heteroduplex generator assay as a tool for rapid detection of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Peru.

, 2003
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is an increasing health problem worldwide, especially in developing countries. The PCR-UHG-Rif assay, which detects mutations within the rpoB gene associated with rifampin resistance, was evaluated for its ability and ...
Sonia H. Montenegro, Teresa Valencia, Luz Caviedes, Evans, Carlton A, Holger Mayta, Valencia, Teresa, Fanny Arenas, Arenas, Fanny, Montenegro, Sonia H, Ortiz, Jaime, Jaime Ortiz, Gilman, Robert H, Carlton A. Evans, Ticona, Eduardo, Robert H. Gilman, Chumpitaz, Rosa, Williams, Diana L, Tuberculosis Working Group in Perú, Eduardo Ticona, Rosa Chumpitaz, Mayta, Holger, Caviedes, Luz, Diana L. Williams   +22 more
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Low-cost rapid detection of rifampicin resistant tuberculosis using bacteriophage in Kampala, Uganda. [PDF]

, 2007
BACKGROUND: Resistance to anti-tuberculosis drugs is a serious public health problem. Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), defined as resistance to at least rifampicin and isoniazid, has been reported in all regions of the world.
Traore, Hamidou, Hamidou Traore, Jones-Lopez, Edward C, McNerney, Ruth, Eisenach Kathleen D, Joloba, Moses L, Jones-Lopez Edward C, Roy D Mugerwa, Smith, Peter G, Mugerwa, Roy D, Ogwang Sam, Smith Peter G, Moses L Joloba, Mallard, Kim, Kathleen D Eisenach, Jerrold J Ellner, Ellner, Jerrold J, Eisenach, Kathleen D, Ogwang, Sam, Mugerwa Roy D, Kayes, Susan, McNerney Ruth, Edward C Jones-Lopez, Kalpana Narayan, Ruth McNerney, Peter G Smith, Sam Ogwang, Susan Kayes, Joloba Moses L, Narayan, Kalpana, Francis Mumbowa, Narayan Kalpana, Ellner Jerrold J, Mumbowa, Francis, Kayes Susan, Kim Mallard, Traore Hamidou, Mumbowa Francis, Mallard Kim   +38 more
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