cross-sectional study about knowledge and attitudes toward multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in a high-burden drug-resistant country

ABSTRACT

Objective/Background: tuberculosis [TB] is a leading cause of death worldwide, with new threats of multidrug-resistant [MOR] and extensively drug-resistant [XOR] TB. Pakistan is the fifth highest among high-burden TB countries and the fourth highest among highburden drug-resistant-TB countries. Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world, and Pakistani youth is the highest population group in Pakistan and second in the world. This study was aimed at assessing the understanding, awareness, and mindset of university students toward TB, MOR TB, and XOR TB in Lahore