Multidrug and extensively drug-resistant TB (M/XDR-TB)
Subtitle: 2010 global report on surveillance and response
By: World Health Organization
Published: 2010
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789241599191
Subjects: Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Drug resistance in microorganisms; Antitubercular agents
Description: This new report on anti-tuberculosis (TB) drug resistance by the World Health Organization (WHO) updates "Anti-tuberculosis drug resistance in the world: Report No. 4" published by WHO in 2008. It summarizes the latest data and provides latest estimates of the global epidemic of multidrug and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (M/XDR-TB). For the first time, this report includes an assessment of the progress countries are making to diagnose and treat MDR-TB cases.
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