xdr-tb

Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, or XDR-TB, will not respond to any of those drugs but might still be treatable.

We do not know at the moment, but XDR-TB is rare.

Dr Moll had an extensive problem on his hands, it turned out, called extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, or XDR-TB.

MDR and XDR-TB are threats that will take advantage of every opportunity to spread and amplify.

By the end of 2008, 55 countries and territories had reported at least one case of extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB).

We became aware from this that we, too, might have the same problem, and might find some XDR-TB cases.

There is probably no difference between the speed of transmission of XDR-TB and any other forms of TB.

XDR-TB was identified in all regions of the world, though it is still thought to be relatively uncommon.

TB and XDR-TB in a simple, rapid and sensitive diagnostic techniques, the global TB control are in urgent need of solution of one problem.

We need a ministerial meeting on MDR and XDR-TB because threats of this magnitude demand high-level political awareness and commitment.

For some years we have seen isolated cases of very highly resistant TB around the world that we would today call XDR-TB.

The extensive media reports about XDR TB should not cause undo concern; however, CDC guidelines should be followed.

Most of the patients with XDR TB had been treated, incompletely , for MDR TB, the doctors found.

The emergence of XDR-TB is also an uncomfortable reminder of the failure of health systems to control problems at a tractable scale.

As of July 2010, 58 countries reported at least one case of XDR-TB.

This ex-convict, now blind, suffers from extra-drug resistant TB (XDR-TB), a strain of the disease that resists most treatments.

Can the TB vaccine, known as the BCG vaccine, prevent XDR-TB?

XDR-TB can develop when these second-line drugs are also misused or mismanaged and therefore also become ineffective.

The effect of BCG against XDR-TB would therefore likely be very limited.

Known as XDR TB, the strain is virtually untreatable.

We also recognize that MDR-TB case numbers are high, and that we expect more XDR-TB cases.

Overall, the chances of being infected with XDR-TB are even lower than with ordinary TB because cases of XDR-TB are still very rare.

If you have these symptoms, it does not mean you have XDR-TB, but it does mean you must go and see a doctor for a check-up.

Fortunately, in most of the places with high rates of HIV, XDR-TB is not widespread.

Forty-two per cent of the XDR-TB patients died, a rate that Jain describes as "alarmingly high" .

Because XDR-TB is resistant to first- and second-line drugs, treatment options are seriously limited.

Given the critical lack of hospital beds, home-based care has been mooted as one option for treating XDR-TB patients.

XDR-TB is the abbreviation for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB).

Isolated cases of XDR-TB are documented in other regions and countries, including Canada.

A: Multidrug-resistant (MDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) are man-made public health threats.

XDR-TB has been found in every region of the world, though it is still very rare.

Wherever second-line drugs to treat MDR-TB are being misused, the possibility of XDR-TB exists.

Of them 48 had XDR-TB and none were infected with the AIDS virus, a complication that makes such TB virtually untreatable.

The greatest concern is that XDR-TB leaves some patients virtually untreatable with currently available drugs.

Even more ominous is the emergence of extensively drug-resistant TB, or XDR-TB, which has now been reported in 55 countries.

In the United States, 4% of MDR-TB cases met the criteria for XDR-TB.

An extra US$650 million is needed this year to implement control measures for both XDR-TB and multi-drug-resistant TB, says Raviglione.

Extensively drug-resistant TB, or XDR-TB, is a relatively rare type of TB.

Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) has been reported in 64 countries to date.

How can a person who already has 'ordinary' TB i. e drug-sensitive TB, avoid getting XDR-TB?

But we do know this: unchecked, XDR-TB could take us back to the treatment era that predates the development of antibiotics.

This is the first outbreak of XDR TB which, although present in several countries, has until now only caused isolated cases.

A meeting on antiretroviral therapy and XDR-TB is also planned.

This applies to XDR-TB as well as to "ordinary" TB.

Why in some places is XDR-TB so highly linked with or associated with HIV?

How quickly can XDR-TB be diagnosed?

What action is required to prevent XDR-TB?

What is the current evidence of XDR-TB?

Of the 221 MDR-TB cases, 53 were defined as XDR-TB.

First, WHO is ensuring that the health authorities responsible for TB control receive accurate information about XDR-TB.

They said 48. 3 percent of patients with XDR TB and 66. 7 percent of the other patients were cured.

Final diagnosis in this way for TB, and especially for XDR-TB, may take from 6 to 16 weeks.

What should be done if a person has been in contact with a known or suspect case of XDR-TB?

Programme management of XDR-TB and treatment design in HIV negative and positive people

Management of XDR-TB suspects in high and low HIV prevalence settings