Evaluation of Multi Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Surveillance System, Yemen

Phenotypical Evaluation of Multi-Drug Resistant Acinetobacter Baumannii

Background & Objective: Resistance patterns among nosocomial bacterial pathogens in hospitals may vary widely from country to country at any given point and within the same country over time. Acinetobacter baumannii is one of the most important bacteria that cause hospital-acquired infections. Therefore, surveillance of the antibiotic resistance of Acinetobacter baumannii is necessary, especial...

Pattern of Adverse Effects of Drugs Used to Treat Multi Drug Resistant Tuberculosis

During treatment of multi drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), patients suffer from many adverse effects. Severe adverse effects may lead to refusal and discontinuation of treatment. Though national tuberculosis control programs are generally well structured, they do not collect information on adverse effects of drug directly. This study had been designed to observe the pattern of adverse effe...

Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in Northern Pakistan.

OBJECTIVE To determine the resistance pattern of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Rawalpindi-Islamabad. METHODS The study was carried out at the Department of Microbiology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Rawalpindi between September 2000 and August 2002. We examined 1359 pulmonary and extra-pulmonary specimens from suspected cases of tuberculosis. The radiometric Bactec 460 TB sys...

Surveillance of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in South-East Asia

Lesson from surveillance of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Gujarat.

Recent state-wide surveillance of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the state of Gujarat has shown resistance to flouroquinolones (FQ) in 24 per cent cases (19% among new and 25% among previously treated TB cases)1. This increase of drug resistance correlates well with the very widespread use (the broad indications of this class of antimicrobials in lower-respiratory, gastrointestinal, genitourina...