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Shortened treatment benefits some with pre-extensively drug-resistant TB, but not all
17 Jul 2025 21:17 GMT
… pre-extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (pre-XDR TB), according to the … global averages for pre-XDR TB treatments—the regimen was … enrolled participants with pre-XDR-TB (defined as multidrug- … , for those with pre-XDR tuberculosis and extensive disease, a …
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KwaZulu-Natal to launch its first dedicated XDR-TB facility to combat drug-resistant tuberculosis
27 Jun 2025 01:23 GMT
… dedicated extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis facility (XDR-TB).
This was revealed by … province will have a dedicated XDR-TB facility, which will cater … province that can treat XDR-TB.
He said that because … the growing number of XDR patients, he was forced …
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In hard-to-treat form of tuberculosis, shorter, gentler therapy shows unequal benefit
17 Jul 2025 01:06 GMT
… with pre-extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (pre-XDR-TB), a hard-to-treat … known as extensively drug-resistant TB. Pre-XDR-TB is resistant to rifampin … patients were cured of TB using antibiotics, tuberculosis remains the leading infectious …
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New Therapy Benefitted Some Drug-resistant TB Patients
16 Jul 2025 06:26 GMT
… with pre-extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (pre-XDR-TB), a hard-to-treat … known as extensively drug-resistant TB. Pre-XDR-TB is resistant to rifampin … patients were cured of TB using antibiotics, tuberculosis remains the leading infectious …
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Trends in Drug Resistance and Epidemiological Patterns of Tuberculosis in Elderly Patients in Wenzhou, China (2014-2023)
11 Jul 2025 13:27 GMT
… a particular anti-tuberculosis drug. Mono-resistant tuberculosis (MR-TB) is defined … first-line anti-tuberculosis drug. Polydrug-resistant tuberculosis (PDR-TB) is characterized … trends of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB). The absence of SLD- …
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Safety and Tolerability of Contezolid Versus Linezolid for Short-Term Treatment of Rifampicin-Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Randomized Controlled Study
04 Jul 2025 14:41 GMT
… high TB and rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB)/multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) burden … /global-tuberculosis-programme/tb-reports/global-tuberculosis-report-2023. … Early outcomes in MDR-TB and XDR-TB patients treated with delamanid under …
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Specialised TB wing at King Dinizulu Hospital on track after stalling in 2011
26 Jun 2025 18:20 GMT
A specialist tuberculosis wing at Durban's … multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR) in KZN … reserved for inpatients to treat TB outpatients, which limited its … services for both MDR and XDR TB functionality, we will also be …
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Five Things For Pharmacists To Know About The Treatment Of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
19 Jun 2025 14:43 GMT
… the treatment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB), particularly drug-sensitive … June 2025
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) is one of … isoniazid-resistant TB and MDR/XDR-TB. Their … importance is also growing in treating drug-sensitive TB …
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A Call to Action: Empowering Pharmacists in Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Management
16 Jun 2025 22:50 GMT
… (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta … -resistant tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan: treatment complexity and XDR-TB among …
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One cough too many: India's TB fight isn't quite there yet
08 Jun 2025 01:36 GMT
… a fatal form of tuberculosis (TB). With scarred lungs, … Battling extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis or XDR-TB, a form of … the highest burden of XDR-TB globally, with an … medicine, National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, Delhi …
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