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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bacteria, the terms extensively drug-resistant (XDR) and pandrug-resistant (PDR) have been introduced. Extensively drug-resistant (XDR) is the non-susceptibility...
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medications (drugs): isoniazid and rifampicin. Some forms of TB are also resistant to second-line medications, and are called extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB)...
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Management of tuberculosis (redirect from Drug-resistant tuberculosis)
line drugs (WHO groups 2, 3 and 4) are only used to treat disease that is resistant to first line therapy (i.e., for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis...
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Antimicrobial resistance (redirect from Drug resistant bacteria)
ME, Giske CG, et al. (March 2012). "Multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant and pandrug-resistant bacteria: an international expert proposal for...
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strains classified as extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis. Extensively drug resistant tuberculosis is tuberculosis that is resistant to isoniazid and rifampicin...
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deaths. Since November 2016, Pakistan has had an outbreak of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) typhoid fever. In Europe, a report based on data for 2017...
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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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resistant bacteria. Resistance to one drug is common, and this is why treatment is usually done with more than one drug. Extensively drug-resistant TB...
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Latent tuberculosis (section Drug-resistant strains)
Tuberculosis (TB) Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB) Totally drug-resistant tuberculosis (TDR TB)...
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lyse and deliver therapies. In November 2016, a new strain of extensively drug resistant (XDR) Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi emerged in Pakistan, primarily...
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TB Alliance (redirect from Global Alliance for TB Drug Development)
of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) or extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) can be thousands of times more expensive than treating drug-sensitive TB...
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increasingly common, the emergence of pre-extensively drug resistant (pre-XDR) and extensively drug resistant (XDR-) TB threatens to exacerbate the public...
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new forms of totally drug-resistant tuberculosis bacilli: super extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis or totally drug-resistant strains in Iran". Chest...
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Representation, a data interoperability format Extensively drug-resistant, a category of multiple drug resistance Special drawing rights, a monetary unit...
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Ketamine (redirect from Special K (drug))
veterinary medicine and was extensively used for surgical anesthesia in the Vietnam War. Along with other psychotropic drugs, it is on the World Health...
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Zarir Udwadia (section Drug-Resistant tuberculosis)
(born 1960) is an Indian pulmonologist and researcher. His work on drug resistant tuberculosis has led to improvements in India's National Tuberculosis...
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clustered in replicon groups, and may be transferred from the extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (XDR- AB) and New Delhi...
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oxazolidinone antibiotic currently in development as a treatment for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis. It differs from linezolid by replacement of the...
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Pretomanid (category Drugs with non-standard legal status)
for the treatment of pulmonary extensively drug resistant, or treatment-intolerant or nonresponsive multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Pretomanid is activated...
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Pakistan has had an outbreak of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) typhoid fever. In 2020 a meta-analysis of reports of drug resistant typhoid fever revealed that...
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Ruesch-Gerdes, Sabine; Lange, Christoph (November 2008). "Multidrug- and Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Germany". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 14 (11):...
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Vancomycin (redirect from Red man syndrome (Drug eruption))
endocarditis, bone and joint infections, and meningitis caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Blood levels may be measured to determine the correct...
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Antibiotic (redirect from Antibiotic drug)
"Antibiotic adjuvants: diverse strategies for controlling drug-resistant pathogens". Chemical Biology & Drug Design. 85 (1): 56–78. doi:10.1111/cbdd.12478. PMC 4279029...
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Phenothiazine (section Phenothiazine-derived drugs)
has been shown to make extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) drug-susceptible again and make methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)...
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"revolutionizing TB control by contributing to the rapid diagnosis of TB disease and drug resistance. The test simultaneously detects Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex...
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M, Nicholas RA (December 2012). "Emergence of multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant and untreatable gonorrhea". Future Microbiol. 7 (12): 1401–1422...
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sulfamethoxazole. It is used to treat urinary tract infections, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) skin infections, travelers' diarrhea, respiratory...
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Thioridazine (category Drugs with non-standard legal status)
effects Thioridazine is known to kill extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis and to make methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sensitive to β-lactam...
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Immunosuppressive drugs, also known as immunosuppressive agents, immunosuppressants and antirejection medications, are drugs that inhibit or prevent the...
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