Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a form of tuberculosis (TB) infection caused by bacteria that are resistant to treatment with at least two...
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Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is a form of tuberculosis caused by bacteria that are resistant to some of the most effective anti-TB...
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disease that is resistant to first line therapy (i.e., for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) or multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB))....
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against tuberculosis for use in high burden countries. In 2012 a new medication regimen was approved in the US for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, using...
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Multidrug-resistant bacteria (MDR bacteria) are bacteria that are resistant to three or more classes of antimicrobial drugs. MDR bacteria have seen an...
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Pott's disease (redirect from Tuberculosis, spinal)
symptoms of the disease. Cases of tuberculosis have been on the decline; however, infections of multidrug resistant tuberculosis have remained constant since...
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Bedaquiline (category Anti-tuberculosis drugs)
for use in tuberculosis (TB) treatment, as part of a fast-track accelerated approval, for use only in cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, and the...
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antibiotic or a change in titration of the drug. M. tuberculosis is considered to be multidrug-resistant (MDR TB) if it has developed drug resistance to both...
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Multiple drug resistance (redirect from Multidrug resistant)
accessible. Common multidrug-resistant organisms, typically bacteria, include: Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus...
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multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis. Around 10 percent have lost more than half of their lung function. Delayed diagnosis of TB, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis,...
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Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) "WHO | Drug-resistant TB: Totally drug-resistant TB FAQ". WHO....
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2020-02-04. Retrieved 2012-09-25. "CDC | TB | Fact Sheets | Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR TB)". Cdc.gov. Archived from the original on 2015-10-03...
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Delamanid (category Anti-tuberculosis drugs)
to treat tuberculosis. Specifically it is used, along with other antituberculosis medications, for active multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. It is taken...
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tuberculosis scare occurred when a personal-injury lawyer from Atlanta, Andrew "Drew" Speaker, while infected with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB)...
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Amikacin (category Anti-tuberculosis drugs)
urinary tract infections. It is also used for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. It is used by injection into a vein using an IV or into a...
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Antimicrobial resistance (redirect from Antibiotic resistant)
umbrella of antimicrobial resistance. Microbes resistant to multiple antimicrobials are called multidrug resistant (MDR) and are sometimes referred to as superbugs...
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Other uses, along with other medications, include treating multidrug resistant tuberculosis. An eye drop may be used for a superficial bacterial infection...
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patients with multidrug-resistant strains (resistant to, at least, both rifampin and isoniazid). In response to the resurgence of tuberculosis, the World...
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Paul E, Kim JY. Community-based approaches to the control of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: Introducing "DOTS-plus". British Medical Journal 1998; 317:671-4...
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worldwide, making it the highest burden country for both tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Matteelli, Alberto; Rendon, Adrian; Tiberi, Simon;...
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malaria and HIV/AIDS in Tanzania and he did his thesis on multidrug resistant tuberculosis in Peru. Narasimhan joined McKinsey & Co, as a consultant and...
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challenges. Every year, nearly half a million new cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) are estimated to occur worldwide. For example, NDM-1...
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Ethionamide (category Anti-tuberculosis drugs)
to treat tuberculosis. Specifically it is used, along with other antituberculosis medications, to treat active multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. It is no...
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estimated total of new cases, and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis was a major problem. These signs of inadequate tuberculosis control can be linked to a malfunctioning...
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professionals. Every year, nearly half a million new cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) are estimated to occur worldwide. China and India...
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(August 2013). "Evaluation of co-trimoxazole in the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis". The European Respiratory Journal. 42 (2): 504–512. doi:10...
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Globalization and disease (section Tuberculosis)
of bacteria. Antibiotic-resistant TB is also known as "multidrug-resistant tuberculosis." "Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis" is a pandemic that is on...
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"Impact of HIV co-infection on the evolution and transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis". eLife. 5: e16644. doi:10.7554/eLife.16644. ISSN 2050-084X...
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preclinical vaccine development. Prabowo, S. et al. "Targeting multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) by therapeutic vaccines." Med Microbiol Immunol 202...
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regulations had been discussed since the late 1980s, in 1992, the multidrug-resistant tuberculosis task force within the CDC was tasked with reducing the incidences...
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