Multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis is defined as disease caused by strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis that are at least resistant to treatment with isoniazid and rifampicin; extensively ...
The definition of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) has been revised by the World Health Organization (WHO)'s Global TB Programme, who have also defined pre-XDR-TB for the first time, ...
We report the development of fluoroquinolone-resistant tuberculosis and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis during second-line treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Karakalpakstan, ...