MDR, Pre-XDR and XDR Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Poland in 2000–2009
Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is a curable disease and its spread can be prevented by using appropriate diagnostics methods and effective treatment. The obstacle to the rapid eradication of the disease from a population may be strainsresistant to essential and most effective antibiotics.
Ewa Augustynowicz-Kopeć +2 more
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Genotypic analysis of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Ghana: Insights into pre-XDR and XDR-TB.
BackgroundThe emergence of Extensively Drug Resistant (XDR) and Pre-extensively drug resistant (Pre-XDR) tuberculosis (TB) threatens the management of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR) patients and impacts negatively on TB control programs ...
Stephen Ofori Yirenkyi +5 more
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Activity of Semi-Synthetic Mulinanes against MDR, Pre-XDR, and XDR Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis [PDF]
Tuberculosis causes more than 1.2 million deaths each year. Worldwide, it is the first cause of death by a single infectious agent. The emergence of drug-resistant strains has limited pharmacological treatment of the disease and today, new drugs are urgently needed.
Carlos Areche +2 more
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Purpose: The study aimed to quantify the global trends of the incidence rates of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (XDR-TB).Methods: Cases, age-standardized rates (ASRs), and incidence rates
Rong Qiang, Qingting Bu
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Transmission of pre-XDR and XDR-TB in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, India [PDF]
Background: Multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug resistant (XDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) strains are a great challenge for tuberculosis (TB) control in India. Still, factors driving the MDR/XDR epidemic in India are not well defined.
Viola Dreyer +11 more
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The Titbits of Multi-drug Resistant Organisms Reigning in the Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Regional Epidemiology From a Tertiary Care Hospital of Eastern India [PDF]
Background and aim: One of the worst complications of diabetes mellitus is diabetic foot infections (DFI). A varied presentation is reported for both the causative bacterial species and their drug resistance patterns.
Purba Mukherjee +2 more
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The objective: to identify factors of a higher risk to develop tuberculosis in children exposed to tuberculosis cases resistant or sensitive to rifampicin.Subjects 161 children under 6 years old exposed to tuberculosis in their families were enrolled in ...
N. A. Nikiforenko +4 more
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Increased Notification of Tuberculosis Cases and MDR and XDR Cases Post Introduction of CBNAAT in Rajasthan: A Retrospective Case Study of 4 Years from 2015-2018 [PDF]
Context: Tuberculosis is a major health problem in India .Accurate and also fast diagnosis of tuberculosis has remained a challenge and we determined the impact of CBNAAT on notification of tuberculosis cases in Rajasthan.
Neil Sharma1 , Manish Kumar Singhal2 , Rachna Agrawal3 , Manoj Sharma4 , Sona Goyal5
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Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is highly divergent antibiotic resistant bacteria earmarked as “High” in global pathogens’ priority list varying the severity and resistance geographically.
Naba Kumar Deka +6 more
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Classification of Gram-negative bacilli according to their resistance to antimicrobials in an infectious disease clinic [PDF]
Objectives. Classification on multiple criteria of Gram-negative bacilli (GNBs) according to antibiotic resistance. Material and method. Retrospective study (January 2017-December 2018) carried out in the Infectious Diseases Clinic from Craiova; GNBs ...
Lucian Giubelan
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