Assertion: drug resistant tuberculosis | /r/HasProperty | xdr-tb
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text: As of Oct 2006, "Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis" (XDR-TB) is defined as MDR-TB that is resistant to quinolones and also to any one of kanamycin, capreomycin, or amikacin.
text: He was earlier thought to have extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB), which is even rarer.
text: Totally drug-resistant tuberculosis (TDR TB)
text: Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem with increasing rates of multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB).
text: What is extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB)?
text: This threat is even more serious because of the emergence of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), particularly in settings where there are many patients who are also infected with HIV.
text: A study published today examines the evolutionary and epidemiologic history of an epidemic strain of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) -- called LAM4/KZN.
text: To date, all countries of the African region except Seychelles have notified cases of multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) and 13 countries have ever reported case of extensively-drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB).
text: When MDR-TB is resistant to at least one drug from each group, it is classified as extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB).
text: However, those who develop a resistance to two antibiotics are said to have multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and those with tuberculosis that has a resistance to three or more antibiotics are said to have extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB).
text: The second line drugs (WHO groups 2, 3 and 4) are only used to treat disease that is resistant to first line therapy (i.e., for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) or multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB)).
text: Mlambo CK, Warren RM, Poswa X, Victor TC, Duse AG, Marais E. Genotypic diversity of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) in South Africa.
text: Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is a form of tuberculosis caused by bacteria that are resistant to some of the most effective anti-TB drugs.
text: What is extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB)?
text: Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB)
text: What is extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB)?
text: Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR TB) and Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR TB)
text: When a second line of antibiotics fail to cure the multi-drug resistant infection, it is known as extensively drug-resistant Tuberculosis (XDR TB).
text: Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR TB).