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XDR tuberculosis

The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2011
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van Ingen, J, de Lange, W C, Boeree, M J, Iseman, M D, Daley, C L, Heifets, L B, Böttger, E C, van Soolingen, D   +7 more
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Rapid Diagnosis of XDR and Pre-XDR TB: A Systematic Review of Available Tools

Archivos de Bronconeumología, 2022
No previous systematic reviews have comprehensively investigated the features of Xpert MTB/XDR and other rapid tests to diagnose pre-XDR/XDR-TB. The aim of this systematic review is to assess existing rapid diagnostics for pre-XDR/XDR-TB from a point-of-care perspective and describe their technical characteristics (i.e., sensitivity, specificity ...
Saderi, L, Puci, M, Di Lorenzo, B, Centis, R, D'Ambrosio, L, Akkerman, OW, Alffenaar, J-WC, Caminero, JA, Chakaya, JM, Denholm, JT, Kurhasani, X, Ong, CWM, Rendon, A, Silva, DR, Tiberi, S, Zenner, D, Cabibbe, AM, Migliori, GB, Sotgiu, G   +18 more
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Predicting the future of XDR tuberculosis

The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2007
XDR tuberculosis is now of great public-health concern. 1–6 Many questions need to be answered before eff ective strategies for controlling the emerging global XDR tuberculosis epidemic can be designed. These questions can only be answered by the collection of appropriate data, but data collection takes time.
Sally, Blower, Virginie, Supervie
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Successful treatment of XDR-TB patient in Tanzania: report of the first XDR-TB patient

Tropical Doctor, 2019
Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is emerging as a new and serious public health challenge. We present the first case with confirmed extensive drug-resistant TB in Tanzania in a patient who had prior exposure to anti-TB drugs and a history of imprisonment in South Africa.
Dennis Lyakurwa, Johnson Lyimo, Liberate Mleoh, Kisonga Riziki, Mrisho Lupinda, Bonaventura CT Mpondo   +5 more
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