Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis case in the Thames Valley, UK and public health interventions

Summary: This study describes the first case of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) in the Thames Valley and South East Region and discuss the public health implications, highlighting the need to integrate current epidemiological knowledge with clinical expertise in order to diagnose dr...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Abid (Author), Noel McCarthy (Author), Luisa Saldaña (Author), Tracey Langham (Author), Anne McGown (Author), Christopher Conlon (Author), Pablo de Vena Franks (Author)
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Published: Elsevier, 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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520 |a Summary: This study describes the first case of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) in the Thames Valley and South East Region and discuss the public health implications, highlighting the need to integrate current epidemiological knowledge with clinical expertise in order to diagnose drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) early.The management of the XDR-TB patients is challenging with few treatment options, expensive therapy, side effects of drugs and a longer course of the treatment. Keywords: Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, Public health 
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