Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), full page: (LINK).]
New drug resistant form of tuberculosis reported in India
12 Jan 2012
In a recent scientific article (Udwadia, F et al. Clin. Infect. Dis. 2011, Dec 21, Eprint) four cases of so-called total drug resistant tuberculosis (TB) were reported from India.
According to the article, these patients have shown resistance to all the first line TB drugs and to seven second line anti-TB drugs.
With the existing forms of multi-drug and extensively drug resistant TB (M/XDR-TB) this so-called total drug resistant TB would indicate that none of the known TB combination regimens would be effective for such patients.
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New drug resistant form of tuberculosis reported in India
12 Jan 2012
In a recent scientific article (Udwadia, F et al. Clin. Infect. Dis. 2011, Dec 21, Eprint) four cases of so-called total drug resistant tuberculosis (TB) were reported from India.
According to the article, these patients have shown resistance to all the first line TB drugs and to seven second line anti-TB drugs.
With the existing forms of multi-drug and extensively drug resistant TB (M/XDR-TB) this so-called total drug resistant TB would indicate that none of the known TB combination regimens would be effective for such patients.
Read more:
- Read the ECDC comment on this in our full Public Health Development?New drug resistant form of tuberculosis reported in India?
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- Get the facts: read the ECDC special report ?Progressing towards TB elimination?
- Download the report ?Tuberculosis surveillance in Europe 2009?
- Discover the Spotlight ?Tackling tuberculosis in children: towards a TB-free generation
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- Read the ECDC/WHO co-authored article ?Tackling the spread of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Europe?
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