Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis case in the thames Valley, UK and public health interventions

ABSTRACT

This study describes the first case of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis [XDR-TB] in the Thames Valley and South East Region and discuss the public health implications, highlighting the need to integrate current epidemiological knowledge with clinical expertise in order to diagnose drug-resistant tuberculosis [TB] early. The management of the XDR-TB patients is challenging with few treatment options, expensive therapy, side effects of drugs and a longer course of the treatment