Extensively resistant tuberculosis: Four cases in the Republic of Congo
| Autor: | F.H. Okemba Okombi, Régis Gothard Bopaka, E.L.P. Bemba, K.B. Oosale Abacka, M. Kaswa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Tuberculosis business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Developing country Disease Reference laboratory medicine.disease Resistant tuberculosis Young Adult Infectious Diseases Congo Environmental health Tuberculosis Multidrug-Resistant medicine Humans Female Tuberculosis control business |
| Zdroj: | Médecine et Santé Tropicales. 28:289-291 |
| ISSN: | 2261-2211 2261-3684 |
| DOI: | 10.1684/mst.2018.0822 |
| Popis: | Extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis is currently a major public health problem in most developing countries, including the Republic of Congo, where antituberculosis agents are repeatedly unavailable. We report four cases from by the National Program for Tuberculosis Control in collaboration with its National Reference Laboratory (NRL) of the Republic of Congo. The presence of these highly resistant strains causes therapeutic problems (treatment depends on the profile of individual mutations and the unavailability of new drugs) and public health (major risk of spread of the disease in the community). |
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