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, ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious or contagious disease. It is caused due to bacteria known as Mycobacterium tuberculosis that spread from person to person through airborne particles i.e. when people ...

We report the development of fluoroquinolone-resistant tuberculosis and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis during second-line treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Karakalpakstan, ...