Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Burkina Faso

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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Main Authors: Nuccia Saleri, Gisèle Badoum, Martial Ouedraogo, Sary M. Dembélé, Rachel Nacanabo, Victor Bonkoungou, Daniela Cirillo, Gabriele Pinsi, Alberto Matteelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
drug resistance
chronic TB
tuberculosis and other mycobacteria
bacteria
Burkina Faso
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/5/09-1262_article

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