Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Burkina Faso

Because data from countries in Africa are limited, we measured the proportion of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB) cases among TB patients in Burkina Faso for whom retreatment was failing. Of 34 patients with multidrug-resistant TB, 2 had an XDR TB strain. Second-line TB drugs shoul...

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Autores principales: Saleri, Nuccia, Badoum, Gisèle, Ouedraogo, Martial, Dembélé, Sary M., Nacanabo, Rachel, Bonkoungou, Victor, Cirillo, Daniela, Pinsi, Gabriele, Matteelli, Alberto
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2953991/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20409379
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1605.091262
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author Saleri, Nuccia
Badoum, Gisèle
Ouedraogo, Martial
Dembélé, Sary M.
Nacanabo, Rachel
Bonkoungou, Victor
Cirillo, Daniela
Pinsi, Gabriele
Matteelli, Alberto
author_facet Saleri, Nuccia
Badoum, Gisèle
Ouedraogo, Martial
Dembélé, Sary M.
Nacanabo, Rachel
Bonkoungou, Victor
Cirillo, Daniela
Pinsi, Gabriele
Matteelli, Alberto
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description Because data from countries in Africa are limited, we measured the proportion of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB) cases among TB patients in Burkina Faso for whom retreatment was failing. Of 34 patients with multidrug-resistant TB, 2 had an XDR TB strain. Second-line TB drugs should be strictly controlled to prevent further XDR TB increase.
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spelling pubmed-29539912010-10-19 Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Burkina Faso Saleri, Nuccia Badoum, Gisèle Ouedraogo, Martial Dembélé, Sary M. Nacanabo, Rachel Bonkoungou, Victor Cirillo, Daniela Pinsi, Gabriele Matteelli, Alberto Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Because data from countries in Africa are limited, we measured the proportion of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB) cases among TB patients in Burkina Faso for whom retreatment was failing. Of 34 patients with multidrug-resistant TB, 2 had an XDR TB strain. Second-line TB drugs should be strictly controlled to prevent further XDR TB increase. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-05 /pmc/articles/PMC2953991/ /pubmed/20409379 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1605.091262 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Saleri, Nuccia
Badoum, Gisèle
Ouedraogo, Martial
Dembélé, Sary M.
Nacanabo, Rachel
Bonkoungou, Victor
Cirillo, Daniela
Pinsi, Gabriele
Matteelli, Alberto
Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Burkina Faso
title Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Burkina Faso
title_full Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Burkina Faso
title_fullStr Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Burkina Faso
title_full_unstemmed Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Burkina Faso
title_short Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Burkina Faso
title_sort extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, burkina faso
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2953991/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20409379
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1605.091262
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