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Infection control, genetic assessment of drug resistance and drug susceptibility testing in the current management of multidrug/extensively-resistant tuberculosis (M/XDR-TB) in Europe: A tuberculosis network European Trialsgroup (TBNET) study

ContributorsBothamley, Graham H; Lange, Christoph; TBnet study
CollaboratorsJanssens, Jean-Paul
Published inRespiratory Medicine, vol. 132, p. 68-75
Publication date2017
Abstract

Europe has the highest documented caseload and greatest increase in multidrug and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (M/XDR-TB) of all World Health Organization (WHO) regions. This survey examines how recommendations for M/XDR-TB management are being implemented.

Keywords
  • Antitubercular Agents/therapeutic use
  • Decontamination/methods
  • Developing Countries
  • Drug Resistance
  • Bacterial/genetics
  • Europe
  • Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis/diagnosis/drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Infection Control/methods
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis/genetics
  • Patient Isolation/methods
  • Rifampin/therapeutic use
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Tuberculosis
  • Multidrug-Resistant/diagnosis/drug therapy
  • Ultraviolet Rays
  • Tuberculosis
  • Drug-resistance
  • Europe
  • PCR
  • Infection control
Citation (ISO format)
BOTHAMLEY, Graham H, LANGE, Christoph. Infection control, genetic assessment of drug resistance and drug susceptibility testing in the current management of multidrug/extensively-resistant tuberculosis (M/XDR-TB) in Europe: A tuberculosis network European Trialsgroup (TBNET) study. In: Respiratory Medicine, 2017, vol. 132, p. 68–75. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2017.09.007
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