Multidrug resistant
Multidrug resistant tuberculosis
... Drug resistant tuber- culosis commonly arises through the selection of mutated strains by inadequate ...termed multidrug-resistant tubercu- losis ...drug resistant-tuberculosis (XDR-TB) has ...
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Genotypic distribution of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in northern Thailand
... 35. Jagielski T, Bakuła Z, Roeske K, et al. Detection of mutations associated with isoniazid resistance in multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tubercu- losis clinical isolates. J Antimicrob Chemother. ...
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The role of photodynamic therapy on multidrug resistant breast cancer
... in resistant tumour. In addition to this development, PDT resistant cells should also be used as a model to further study the impact of PDT on the cel- lular ...the multidrug resistant ...
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Determinants of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
... Ethiopia is one of the 27 high burden multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) countries identified by the World Health Organization (WHO). According to the 2005 nationwide anti-tuberculosis drug ...
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Multidrug-resistant malaria and the impact of mass drug administration
... of multidrug resistance lead- ing to high rates of artemisinin-based combination treatment failure in parts of the GMS, and the declining malaria burden in the region, the World Health Organization has recommended ...
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Factors associated with bacteraemia due to multidrug-resistant organisms among bacteraemic patients with multidrug-resistant organism carriage: a case control study
... Background: Infections caused by multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) are emerging worldwide. Physicians are increasingly faced with the question of whether patients need empiric antibiotic treatment ...
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Cost-Effectiveness of Treating Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
... Background. Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the most entrenched diseases on the planet—an estimated one in three people worldwide are infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which causes the disease. Although ...
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Predictors of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Sudan
... Abstract: Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a global public health threat and burden on the health system. This is especially the case in high tuberculosis (TB) prevalence countries, such as ...
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Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB): An Overview
... Usually, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis can be cured with long treatments of second-line drugs, but these are more expensive than first-line drugs and have more adverse ...
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of Multidrug Resistant Uropathogens
... al Multidrug- resistant, extensively drug-resistant and pandrug- resistant bacteria: an international expert proposal for interim standard definitions for acquired ...
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The secondary resistome of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae
... Klebsiella pneumoniae causes severe lung and bloodstream infections that are difficult to treat due to multidrug resistance. We hypothesized that antimicrobial resistance can be reversed by targeting chromosomal ...
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What’s new in multidrug-resistant pathogens in the ICU?
... emergence of the first plasmid-mediated polymyxin resistance mechanism, MCR-1, in Enterobacteriaceae in China [20]. This is especially worrisome because plas- mid-mediated resistance can spread in an explosive man- ner ...
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Short-course treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: the STREAM trials
... with Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis) is a multicentre randomised controlled trial comparing outcomes of a 9-month regimen, based closely on the one developed in Bangladesh, with the current standard of ...
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ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS AGAINST MULTIDRUG RESISTANT BACTERIA
... , which is particularly interesting as action on multidrug-resistant S. aureus strains because spreading of ORSA has frequently been reported around the world, causing an increase in costs associated with ...
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Overview of Multidrug Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Novel Therapeutic Approaches
... Gram-negative bacilli Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important pathogen in hospitalized patients, contributing to their morbidity and mortality due to its multiple resistance mechanisms. Therefore, as therapeutic options ...
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Emergence and spread of a human-transmissible multidrug-resistant nontuberculous mycobacterium
... of multidrug resistant nontuberculous mycobacteria, are emerging as an important global threat to individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF) where they accelerate inflammatory lung damage leading to increased ...
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Multidrug-resistant Bacteroides fragilis Isolated from a Case of Pyopneumothorax
... metronidazole therapy from a tertiary care hospital, South India. Bacteroides species are usually found in the gastrointestinal tract and are the most commonly isolated anaerobic organisms from intra-abdominal lesions ...
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Clonality of multidrug resistant nontypeable strains of Haemophilus influenzae
... Haemophilus influenzae isolates are commonly found in the upper respiratory tracts of healthy children and adults, and they cause a variety of diseases in humans, especially in chil- dren. Most of these organisms are ...
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Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis in Panama Is Driven by Clonal Expansion of a Multidrug Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strain Related to the KZN Extensively Drug Resistant M tuberculosis Strain from South Africa
... Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a significant health problem in Panama. The extent to which such cases are the result of primary or acquired resistance and the strain families involved are ...
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Bedaquiline – A Novel Promising Discovery in Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
... 26. Diacon AH, Donald PR, Pym A, Grobusch M, Patientia RF, Mahanyele R et al. Randomized pilot trial of eight weeks of bedaquiline (TMC207) treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: long-term outcome, ...
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