Classification of drug resistant tuberculosis
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Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis is defined as disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis with resistance to at least isoniazid and rifampicin, any fluoroquinolone, and at least one of three injectable second-line drugs (amikacin, capreomycin, or kanamycin). The definition has applicable clinical value and has allowed for more uniform surveillance in varied international settings...
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CLINICAL QUESTION What is the best approach to the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB)? RESULTS Evidence-based treatment of drug-susceptible TB is the best means of preventing the development of drug-resistant disease. Suspecting the possibility of drug-resistant TB, and prompt detection of all forms of drug-resistant TB, not only multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant T...
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عنوان ژورنال: Weekly releases (1997–2007)
سال: 2000
ISSN: 9999-1233
DOI: 10.2807/esw.04.27.01573-en