Prevalence,diagnosis and treatment status of pediatric drug-resistant tuberculosis / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

ABSTRACT

Tuberculosis is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis,which threats the health of children worldwide.Accompany with the increase of drug-resistance tuberculosis,great challenging has arose in the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis.Nowadays,the diagnosis and treatment of drug-resistance tuberculosis is still difficult in pediatric patients.Based on molecular diagnosis,fast detect as well as reliable treatment of drug-re-sistance tuberculosis become available.Currently,the principle of drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment in children is essentially similar to adults.In this review,the mechanism,diagnosis and treatment of pediatric drug resistance tuberculosis were discussed.