Anti-tuberculosis drug resistance in the world : fourth global report : the World Health Organization/International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (WHO/UNION) Global Project on Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Surveillance, 2002-2007 /

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has been recorded at the highest rates ever, according to this new report that presents findings from the largest survey to date on the scale of drug resistance in tuberculosis. This fourth global report is based on information collected between 2002 and 200...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wright, Abigail, MPH
Autor Corporativo: WHO/IUATLD Global Project on Anti-tuberculosis Drug Resistance Surveillance
Otros Autores: Zignol, Matteo
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Geneva, Switzerland : World Health Organization, ©2008.
Temas:
Tuberculosis > Prevention > Statistics.
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis > Statistics.
Drug resistance > Statistics.
Drug resistance in microorganisms.
Tuberculosis.
Statistics > Methodology.
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
Data Collection
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant > epidemiology
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary > epidemiology
Tuberculosis
Data Collection > methods
Tuberculose > Prévention > Statistiques.
Tuberculose multirésistante > Statistiques.
Résistance aux médicaments > Statistiques.
Bactéries pathogènes > Résistance aux médicaments.
Tuberculose.
Statistique > Méthodologie.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
Drug resistance in microorganisms
Drug resistance
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Tuberculosis > Prevention
Statistics
Statistics.
Statistiques.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has been recorded at the highest rates ever, according to this new report that presents findings from the largest survey to date on the scale of drug resistance in tuberculosis. This fourth global report is based on information collected between 2002 and 2006 on 90,000 TB patients in 81countries. It also found that extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), a virtually untreatable form of therespiratory disease, has been recorded in 45 countries. The primary aim of this report is to share survey and surveillance data on drug resistance in TB. The.
Notas:"WHO/HTM/TB/2008.394."
Descripción Física:1 online resource (151 pages) : color illustrations, color maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-100).
ISBN:9789240683570
9240683577
9789241563611
9241563613

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