(drug-resistant tuberculosis)

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• Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis — Classification and external resources MeSH D018088 Multi drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) is defined as TB that is resistant at least to isoniazid (INH) and rifampicin (RMP), the two most powerful …   Wikipedia

• Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis — (XDR TB) is a form of TB caused by bacteria that is resistant to the most effective anti TB drugs. It has emerged from the mismanagement of multidrug resistant TB (MDR TB) and once created, can spread from one person to another.One in three… …   Wikipedia

• Drug-resistant Diseases — ▪ 1994       Infectious agents continually undergo genetic change. Today, however, this process is being fostered by human behaviour and, ironically, modern medicine. One culprit is the overuse of antibiotics. Some authorities estimate that half… …   Universalium

• Extensive drug resistant — Mit der englischen Bezeichnung Extensive drug resistant oder dessen Kürzel XDR werden Krankheitserreger bezeichnet, die umfassend widerstandsfähig gegen Arzneimittel“ sind, sich unter Anderem also gegen die meisten herkömmlichen Antibiotika… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Tuberculosis — Classification and external resources Chest X ray of a person with advanced tuberculosis ICD 10 A …   Wikipedia

• Tuberculosis in China — Tuberculosis is a major public health problem in China. China has the world s second largest tuberculosis epidemic (after India), but progress in tuberculosis control was slow during the 1990s. Detection of tuberculosis had stagnated at around… …   Wikipedia

• Tuberculosis cutis orificialis — (also known as Acute tuberculous ulcer, [1] and Orificial tuberculosis [1]) is a form of cutaneous tuberculosis that occurs at the mucocutaneous borders of the nose, mouth, anus, urinary meatus, and vagina, and on the mucous membrane of the mouth …   Wikipedia

• multi-drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis — (MDR TB) A multi drug resistant strain is defined as Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistant to isoniazid and rifampin, with or without resistance to other drugs …   Dictionary of microbiology

• Tuberculosis treatment — Various pharmaceutical tuberculosis treatments their actions Tuberculosis treatment refers to the medical treatment of the infectious disease tuberculosis (TB). The standard short course treatment for TB is isoniazid, rifampicin (also known as… …   Wikipedia

• tuberculosis — /too berr kyeuh loh sis, tyoo /, n. Pathol. 1. an infectious disease that may affect almost any tissue of the body, esp. the lungs, caused by the organism Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and characterized by tubercles. 2. this disease when affecting… …   Universalium

• Drug resistance — is the reduction in effectiveness of a drug such as an antimicrobial or an antineoplastic[1] in curing a disease or condition. When the drug is not intended to kill or inhibit a pathogen, then the term is equivalent to dosage failure or drug… …   Wikipedia