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Preferred term

Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Tuberculosis resistant to ISONIAZID and RIFAMPIN and at least three of the six main classes of second-line drugs (AMINOGLYCOSIDES; polypeptide agents; FLUOROQUINOLONES; THIOAMIDES; CYCLOSERINE; and PARA-AMINOSALICYLIC ACID) as defined by the CDC.

Synonym(s)

  • Extremely Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
  • Tuberculosis, Extensively Drug-Resistant
  • Tuberculosis, Extremely Drug-Resistant
  • XDR-TB

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-WHN22Z18-N

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