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Hace 3 días · XDR-TB, an abbreviation for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB), is a form of TB that is caused by a strain of M. tuberculosis complex that is resistant to rifampicin (and may also be resistant to isoniazid), and that is also resistant to at least one fluoroquinolone (levofloxacin or moxifloxacin) and to at least one other ...
- People may get XDR-TB in one of two ways. It may develop in a patient who is receiving treatment for active TB, when anti-TB drugs are misused or m...
- Studies suggest that there is probably no difference between the risk of transmission of XDR-TB and any other forms of TB. The spread of TB bacteri...
- While patients with XDR-TB may be as infectious as those with ordinary TB, the chances of a TB infection being XDR-TB is lower due to the rarity of...
- The most important thing is for the health care workers and community to provide all the means (information, counselling, and material support) tha...
- XDR-TB patients can be cured, but with the current drugs available, the likelihood of success is much smaller than in patients with ordinary TB or...
- By the end of 2016, XDR-TB has been reported by 123 WHO Member States. Information from countries with reliable data suggests that about 6.2% of MD...
- National TB control programmes working with all health services can prevent XDR-TB by ensuring that all practitioners working with people with TB a...
- The BCG vaccine prevents severe forms of TB in children, such as TB meningitis, but is less effective in preventing pulmonary TB in adults, the com...
Hace 5 días · Tuberculosis (commonly abbreviated to TB, short for tubercle bacillus) encompasses an enormously wide disease spectrum affecting multiple organs and body systems predominantly caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Hace 6 días · Salud Bienestar. Brote de tuberculosis: cuando se produce, cómo detectarlo y riesgos. Se considera brote cuando aparecen uno o más casos en menos de un año del diagnóstico primario. La...
Hace 4 días · La tuberculosis se transmite de persona a persona a través del aire. ¿Cuáles son los síntomas? Los síntomas más comunes son: tos productiva tres semanas o más, fiebre, hemoptisis (tos con sangre), sudores nocturnos, dolor de pecho y debilidad o fatiga. ¿Qué pruebas me puedo hacer?
Hace 3 días · BCG vaccine, vaccine against tuberculosis. The BCG vaccine is prepared from a weakened strain of Mycobacterium bovis, a bacteria closely related to M. tuberculosis, which causes the disease. The vaccine was developed over a period of 13 years, from 1908 to 1921, by French bacteriologists Albert.
Hace 4 días · The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) works with the countries of the Americas to improve the health and quality of life of their populations. Founded in 1902, it is the world’s oldest international public health agency. It serves as the Regional Office of WHO for the Americas and is the specialized health agency of the Inter-American ...
Hace 4 días · International Journal of Infectious Diseases. The International Journal of Infectious Diseases (IJID) is published monthly by the International Society for Infectious Diseases. IJID is a peer-reviewed, open access journal and publishes original clinical and laboratory-based research, together with reports of clinical trials, reviews, and some ...
