Extensively drug-resistant (XDR)
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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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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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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Emergence of an Extensively Drug Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Clone Harboring a Promiscuous Plasmid Encoding Resistance to Fluoroquinolones and Third Generation Cephalosporins
... ABSTRACT Antibiotic resistance is a major problem in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi, the causative agent of typhoid. Multidrug-resistant (MDR) isolates are preva- lent in parts of Asia and Africa and are often ...
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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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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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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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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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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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Study of colistin sensitivity among clinical isolates of extensively drug resistant gram negative bacilli
... For extensively drug resistant gram negative organisms the treatment becomes limited ,there is no much of data for randomised study of this ...of Extensively drug resistant ...
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Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: epidemiology and management
... strains resistant to both isoniazid and rifampicin) has represented a major threat to TB control since the ...named extensively drug-resistant TB ...treat drug-susceptible or MDR ...
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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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Prevention of multi drug resistant,extensively drug resistant and total drug resistant tuberculosis
... suspected resistant cases if you are not well trained to manage such cases as these are the only drugs available at present which have some hope of ...into extensively drug resistant ...
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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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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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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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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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Multidrug and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis from a general practice perspective
... extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, novel antituberculous drugs are urgently required. In this context, the creation of new drugs that target metabolic pathways essential for survival of the ...
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