Laboratory-based Surveillance of Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, China

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Deng, Yunfeng ; Wang, Yan ; Wang, Junling ; Jing, Hui ; Yu, Chunbao ; Wang, Haiying ; Liu, Zhimin ; Graviss, Edward A. ; Ma, Xin
• Description:
  To estimate the prevalence of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB) in China, we retrospectively analyzed drug-resistance profiles of 989 clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates. We found 319 (32.3%) isolates resistant to ≥1 first-line drugs; 107 (10.8%) isolates were multidrug resistant, of which 20 (18.7%) were XDR. XDR TB is of major concern in China.
• Subjects:
  • Dispatch
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antitubercular Agents
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
  • Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
  More +
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 17(3):495-497.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  China
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18371/cdc_18371_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 186.56 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:dcaf88d6e215c8fe39c356b9f8607be4efd6c91216a29864dc1cc720079e4113