The imminent threat of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Singapore
Singapore medical journal
;
: 238-240, 2012.
Artigo
em Inglês
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-334517
ABSTRACT
The global emergence of multidrugresistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR)-TB threatens to derail the efforts of TB control programmes worldwide. From 2000 to 2010, 161 pulmonary MDR-TB cases (including six XDR-TB cases) were reported in Singapore, and of these, 80% occurred among the foreign-born, with an increasing trend seen after 2004. Among new pulmonary TB cases, the highest incidence of MDR-TB occurred among patients from Myanmar (8%), followed by Vietnam (4.4%) and China (2.3%), while among those previously treated, the highest incidence was found in patients from Vietnam (50%), followed by Indonesia (33%) and Bangladesh (33%). Although the proportion of Singapore-born pulmonary TB cases with MDR-TB has remained comparatively low (0.2% and 1.3% in new and previously treated cases, respectively), there is no room for complacency. Top priority must be accorded toward the proper treatment of drug-susceptible TB cases under strict programme conditions so as to prevent the development of MDR-TB in the first place.
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Assunto principal:
Singapura
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Epidemiologia
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Tuberculose Resistente a Múltiplos Medicamentos
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Usos Terapêuticos
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Tratamento Farmacológico
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Tuberculose Extensivamente Resistente a Medicamentos
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Emigrantes e Imigrantes
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Antituberculosos
Limite:
Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Singapore medical journal
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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