XDR tuberculosis: a report from the New Delhi Tuberculosis centre, India
JCPSP-Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan. 2009; 19 (2): 133-135
in English
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ABSTRACT
During the 6 years from 2001 to 2006, a total of 18,443 M. tuberculosis isolates were processed for drug sensitivity testing. Of those, 9614 [52.12%] were found to be multidrug resistant. A total of 86 [0.89%] cases met the criteria of XDR among the MDR-TB cases. Year-wise detection of these XDR cases is given in Table I. A consistent decline was observed in the incidence of reported cases of XDR over the years right from the year 2001. These 86 cases were reported from 7 states with the largest number from Delhi [49] followed by neighbouring Rajasthan [10], Haryana [9], Uttar Pradesh [8], Uttaranchal [5], Punjab [4] and Madhya Pradesh [1]. Of those 86 cases, only 5 patients were females and rest were males. A total of 53 out of 86 [61.6%] of the isolated resistant strains were resistant to more than 4 classes of drugs indicating severity of resistance
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Rifampin
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Thioamides
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World Health Organization
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Prevalence
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Disease Outbreaks
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Drug Resistance, Multiple
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Cycloserine
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Fluoroquinolones
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Aminoglycosides
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Type of study:
Prevalence study
Language:
English
Journal:
J. Coll. Physicians Surg. Pak.
Year:
2009
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