XDR-TB in India : when will we heed the alarm?

نویسنده

  • Z F Udwadia
چکیده

برای دانلود رایگان متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید

ثبت نام

اگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید

منابع مشابه

Prevalence of Pre-Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (Pre XDR-TB) and Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR-TB) among Pulmonary Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) at a Tertiary Care Center in Mumbai

Background: India is a high burden country for Tuberculosis (TB). As per the World Health Organization (WHO) statistics, 24000 cases of Multi Drug Resistant (MDR) TB were diagnosed in India in 2014. MDR-TB patients consist of a heterogeneous cohort and management has its challenges. Aims and objectives: We studied the prevalence of PreExtensively Drug Resistant TB (Pre XDR-TB) and Extensively D...

متن کامل

MDR / XDR - TB : where do we stand ?

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of death due to an infectious disease, second only to HIV/AIDS worldwide. It is estimated that approximately one third of the world’s population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and 10% of infected individuals will develop active TB at some point in their lives. MDR-TB or multidrugresistant tuberculosis is a specific form of drug resist...

متن کامل

Prevalence of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis among patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a retrospective hospital-based study.

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is a difficult-to-treat form of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). High rates of XDR-TB have been reported from India. We sought to ascertain the prevalence of XDR-TB among patients with MDR-TB treated at a tertiary care centre in New Delhi, India. METHODS Case records of patients treated for MDR-TB at the All Ind...

متن کامل

Risk Factors for MDR and XDR-TB in a Tertiary Referral Hospital in India

BACKGROUND India has a high burden of drug resistant TB, although there are few data on XDR-TB. Although XDR-TB has existed previously in India, the definition has not been widely applied, and surveillance using second line drug susceptibility testing has not been performed. Our objective was to analyze clinical and demographic risk factors associated with isolation of MDR and XDR TB as compare...

متن کامل

Incidence and Risk Factors for Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Delhi Region

BACKGROUND India with a major burden of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) does not have national level data on this hazardous disease. Since 2006, emergence of extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) is considered a serious threat to global TB control. This study highlights the demographic and clinical risk factors associated with XDR-TB in Delhi. METHODS The study was conducted during...

متن کامل

ذخیره در منابع من


  با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید

عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India

دوره 56  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008