To effectively treat patients diagnosed with multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) (in 2010, WHO estimated that there were approximately 650,000 cases of MDR TB, 1 and there were 150,000 deaths ...
Worldwide, approximately 2 million children younger than 15 years of age are infected with multidrug-resistant (MDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis, with MDR tuberculosis developing in approximately ...
Tuberculosis (TB) is the world's biggest infectious disease killer with multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) posing a particular threat to global health. A study shows that resistance to the new MDR-TB ...
Despite global efforts, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in children is rising at an alarming rate, with younger children at the highest risk of mortality—urgent action is needed to reverse the trend.
Although India's target to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) by 2025 appears challenging, Mumbai’s civic body, the BMC, shared encouraging progress on World TB Day. The BMC reported that the cure rates of ...
In an open-label, single-group study in which follow-up is ongoing at three South African sites, we investigated treatment with three oral drugs — bedaquiline, pretomanid, and linezolid — that have ...