scholarly journals World TB Day 2018: The Challenge of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis

F1000Research ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ankur Gupta-Wright ◽  
Gillian S Tomlinson ◽  
Molebogeng X Rangaka ◽  
Helen A Fletcher
Keyword(s):  
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
World Health ◽  
Drug Resistant ◽  
Free World ◽  
Drug Resistant Tuberculosis ◽  
Resistant Tuberculosis ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

On 24th March, the world commemorates the day in 1882 when Dr Robert Koch announced his discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). Over 130 years later, tuberculosis (TB) continues to affect individuals, communities, and entire health systems and economies. Koch unsuccessfully tried to ‘cure’ TB, and despite major advances in other areas of medicine, control of TB remains elusive- in 2016 TB was the leading infectious cause of death. The STOP TB partnership and World Health Organization (WHO) have announced their theme for World TB Day 2018 “Wanted: Leaders for a TB-Free World. You can make history. End TB.” This theme recognizes that TB is much larger than any one person, institute or discipline of research, and provides an opportunity for us to reflect on the major challenges and consider how we, as a scientific community, can work together and take the lead to address the global crisis of drug-resistant TB (DR-TB).

scholarly journals World Health Organization reports highest rates of drug-resistant tuberculosis to date

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 11-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Collective Editorial team
Keyword(s):  
Drug Resistance ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Multidrug Resistant ◽  
World Health ◽  
Drug Resistant ◽  
Drug Resistant Tuberculosis ◽  
Resistant Tuberculosis ◽  
Fourth Report ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

On 26 February 2008, the World Health Organization (WHO) published its fourth report on the global situation regarding drug resistance in tuberculosis (TB). The report, based on information collected between 2002 and 2006 on 90,000 TB patients in 81 countries, found that 5.3% of the nine million new cases of TB each year are multidrug-resistant (MDR). This is the highest rate yet recorded.

scholarly journals GeneXpert MTB/RIF Assay for Rapid Identification of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis and Rifampicin Resistance Directly from Sputum Sample

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nourjahan Laskar ◽  
Md Akram Hossain ◽  
Jannatul Fardows ◽  
Mominur Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis ◽  
Sputum Sample ◽  
Rapid Identification ◽  
Rapid Diagnosis ◽  
World Health ◽  
Multi Drug Resistance ◽  
Drug Resistant ◽  
Resistant Tuberculosis ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

Background: The World Health Organization has endorsed the use of molecular methods for the detection of tuberculosis (TB) and drug resistant TB as a rapid method. In Bangladesh, the Xpert MTB/RIF assay has been implemented into reference laboratories for diagnosis of TB and also MDR TB.Objective: Drug resistant tuberculosis has long been a common problem prevailing in our country. The present study focused on the rapid identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as well as drug resistance.Materials and Methods: Sputum samples from a total of 107 cases, assumed as multi-drug resistance tuberculosis, were studied through GeneXpert assay.Results: Out of 107 cases, 91 (85.05%) were detected having M. tuberculosis ? 64 (59.81%) were rifampicin sensitive and 27 (25.23%) were rifampicin resistant. The sensitivity and specificity of the GeneXpert are 87.64% and 75% respectively.Conclusion: GeneXpert assay can be considered for the rapid diagnosis of drug resistant tuberculosis.J Enam Med Col 2017; 7(2): 86-89

scholarly journals Directrices unificadas de la OMS sobre el tratamiento de la tuberculosis farmacorresistente

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
Tuberculosis Treatment ◽  
World Health ◽  
Drug Resistant ◽  
Drug Resistant Tuberculosis ◽  
Resistant Tuberculosis ◽  
Health Organization

Estas directrices unificadas se han actualizado con arreglo a los procesos del grupo de elaboración de las directrices que se llevaron a cabo entre el 2011 y el 2018 de conformidad con los requisitos de la OMS. Este documento sustituye a otras recomendaciones de la OMS relativas al tratamiento de la tuberculosis (TB) multirresistente y resistente a la rifampicina (TB-MDR/RR) publicadas desde el 201. En este documento se incluyen las preguntas sobre población, intervención, comparador y resultado (PICO, por su sigla en inglés) subyacentes a las recomendaciones y la posología revisada de los medicamentos utilizados en los esquemas de segunda línea, así como las referencias clave. En línea se puede encontrar más información sobre los procesos del grupo de elaboración de las directrices y los participantes en dicho grupo, los principales métodos utilizados para desarrollar las recomendaciones, los resúmenes de la evidencia de la clasificación de la valoración, elaboración y evaluación de las recomendaciones (GRADE por su sigla en inglés) resultante y los marcos de decisión para cada recomendación, así como datos inéditos, planes de análisis de datos e informes de revisiones sistemáticas. Las recomendaciones y demás información práctica para apoyar su implementación se reproducirán en una próxima actualización del manual de la OMS sobre el manejo programático de la TB. Versión oficial en español de la obra original en inglés: WHO consolidated guidelines on drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment. © World Health Organization 2019. ISBN: 978-92-4-155052-9.

scholarly journals The future of drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment: learning from the past and the 2019 World Health Organization consolidated guidelines

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 1901272 ◽  
Author(s):  
José A. Caminero ◽  
Alberto L. García-Basteiro ◽  
Adrián Rendon ◽  
Alberto Piubello ◽  
Emanuele Pontali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
Tuberculosis Treatment ◽  
World Health ◽  
Drug Resistant ◽  
Drug Resistant Tuberculosis ◽  
The Past ◽  
Resistant Tuberculosis ◽  
The Future ◽  
Health Organization
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