Multidrug-resistant-TB and XDR-TB should be treated aggressively ... for MDR disease with bacillary resistance to RIF and INH (with/without SM), and the use of SM/KM/AM/CM-fluoroquinolone ...

Researchers analyzed global trends in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) among children and adolescents, revealing ...

Extensively drug-resistant (XDR-TB) strains have been detected in at ... to a lower extent, isoniazid resistance), even when used directly on clinical specimens. Due to the promising results ...

Dr Shreya Dubey - Consultant - Neonatology & Paediatrics, CK Birla Hospital Gurgaon revealed that children are highly ...

The rise in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis MDR-TB among children is raising global health concerns Learn about its causes alarming trends and the urgent need for action ...

For example, combining bedaquiline with another antibiotic called isoniazid appeared to prevent the development of resistance to either drug, he said. While TB is primarily a problem in developing ...

if the TB causing organism is found to be resistant to the drugs isoniazid and rifampicn, then the person is said to be suffering from MDR-TB. Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB): XDR ...

Languages: English. Tuberculosis (TB), one of the leading infectious disease killers worldwide, has long posed a challenge, ...

A recent study published in paediatric Research has shed light on the rising incidence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis ...

is a strain of the TB disease in which the infecting tuberculosis germs are resistant to the effects of rifampicin and isoniazid, two of the most potent drugs available for TB treatment.