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Rapid Diagnosis of Extensively Drug Resistant Tuberculosis by Use of a Reverse Line Blot Hybridization Assay
... Drug resistance in tuberculosis (TB) is a matter of grave concern for TB control programs, as there is currently no cure for some extensively drug-resistant (XDR) strains. There is concern ...
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Efficacy and safety profile of linezolid in the treatment of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
... and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB across the globe has the potential to derail the fight against TB and possibly revert the progress made regarding TB care and ...is resistant to at ...
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Emergence of an Extensively Drug Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Clone Harboring a Promiscuous Plasmid Encoding Resistance to Fluoroquinolones and Third Generation Cephalosporins
... were resistant to chloramphenicol, ampicillin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, fluoroquinolones, and third-generation cephalosporins, leaving limited treatment ...these extensively ...
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Expansion and Evolution of a Virulent, Extensively Drug Resistant (Polymyxin B Resistant), QnrS1 , CTX M 2 , and KPC 2 Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST11 International High Risk Clone
... In this study, we report the early expansion, evolution, and characterization of a multiresistant Klebsiella pneumoniae clone that was isolated with increasing frequency from inpatients in a tertiary-care university ...
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Population Structure of Multi and Extensively Drug Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains in South Africa
... of extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB; defined as MDR-TB plus additional resistance to a fluoroquinolone and at least 1 second-line injectable drug) of ...second-line drug resistance ...
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Treatment outcomes of patients with multidrug resistant and extensively drug resistant tuberculosis in Hunan Province, China
... TB resistant to at least isoniazid and rifampicin, and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), defined as MDR-TB plus resistance to any fluoro- quinolone and at least 1 second-line ...
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Genotyping and clinical characteristics of multidrug and extensively drug resistant tuberculosis in a tertiary care tuberculosis hospital in China
... and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB strains poses formidable challenges to the control of TB because infection with either MDR or XDR Mycobacter- ium tuberculosis strains can result in more ...
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Dissecting Colistin Resistance Mechanisms in Extensively Drug Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Isolates
... potential drug target to restore colistin efficacy in ...12 extensively drug-resistant ...the drug resistance phenotype. However, two strains remained highly resistant, indicating ...
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Extensively drug resistant tuberculosis in a high income country: A report of four unrelated cases
... multi drug resistance, defined as resistance to at least rifampin (RMP) and isoniazid (INH) is of great con- ...with extensively drug resistant (XDR) TB have been described and the question ...
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Emergence of Extensively Drug resistant Shigella sonnei in Bangladesh
... only. Extensively drug-resistant (XDR)-Shigella was defined as isolates resistant to 5 or 6 of 7 (ampicillin, cotrimoxazole, ciprofloxacin, azithromycin, ...
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Epidemiological trends and outcomes of extensively drug resistant tuberculosis in Shandong, China
... DR-TB: Drug-resistant tuberculosis; DST: Drug susceptibility testing; FEV1: Forced expired volume in 1 s; FVC: Forced vital capacity; GOLD: Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease; ...
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Characterization of extensively drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates circulating in Siberia
... are extensively drug-resistant and have high transmissibil- ity and virulence highlights the need for early and rapid detection methods for this ...of drug resistance, the genetic environment, ...
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Multidrug and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis from a general practice perspective
... Abstract: Despite intensive efforts to eradicate the disease, tuberculosis continues to be a major threat to Indian society, with an estimated prevalence of 3.45 million cases in 2006. Emergence of ...
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Outbreak of Extensively Drug Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Indigo Pigmented Strains
... Multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant and pandrug-resistant bacteria: an international expert proposal for interim standard definitions for acquired ...
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Treatment outcomes of patients with multidrug-resistant and extensively drug resistant tuberculosis in Hunan Province, China
... TB resistant to at least isoniazid and rifampicin, and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), defined as MDR-TB plus resistance to any fluoro- quinolone and at least 1 second-line ...
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Predicting Extensively Drug Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Phenotypes with Genetic Mutations
... conferring drug resistance are promising technologies for rapidly detecting multidrug-/extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (M/XDR TB), but large studies of mutations as markers of ...
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Molecular Characterization of Multidrug and Extensively Drug Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains in Jiangxi, China
... and extensively drug-resistant (MDR and XDR, respectively) isolates of Mycobac- terium tuberculosis were characterized among samples from patients living in Jiangxi province, ...all ...
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Pre Extensively Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (Pre XDR TB) among Pulmonary Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR TB) Patients in Bangladesh
... of drug resistant Tuberculosis (TB) is a major obstacle in the TB control programme of ...pre-extensively drug resistant TB (pre-XDR-TB) cases among the multidrug resistant TB ...
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Extensively drug resistant tuberculosis in Mali: a case report
... Mali. Extensively drug resistant TB patients were identified in neighbouring countries Burkina Faso in 2010 and Cote d’Ivoire in 2015 [5, ...of drug-resistant tuberculo- sis (PMDT) ...
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Study of colistin sensitivity among clinical isolates of extensively drug resistant gram negative bacilli
... Antibiotic stewardship should be enforced to prevent and control extensively drug resistant gram negative organisms. In our study , colistin resistance was found to be the highest during the period ...
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