Addressing the threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis : a realistic assessment of the challenge : workshop summary /

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"Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of death in the world today, with 4,500 people dying from the disease every day. Many cases of TB can be cured by available antibiotics, but some TB is resistant to multiple drugs--a major and growing threat worldwide. The Institute of Medicine's...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation
Otros Autores: Giffin, Robert B., Robinson, Sally
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2009.
Temas:
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis > Congresses.
Tuberculosis > Congresses.
Drug resistance > Congresses.
Antitubercular agents > Congresses.
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
Antitubercular agents.
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant > prevention & control
Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis > prevention & control
HIV Infections > complications
Internationality
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant > transmission
Antitubercular Agents
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial > prevention & control
Tuberculose multirésistante > Congrès.
Tuberculose > Congrès.
Résistance aux médicaments > Congrès.
Antituberculeux > Congrès.
Tuberculose multirésistante.
Antituberculeux.
MEDICAL > Oncology.
Antitubercular agents
Drug resistance
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
Congress
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The global spread of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
  • MDR TB transmission, HIV coinfection, and transmission control
  • Diagnosis
  • Infrastructure and health care delivery systems
  • Global systems for the purchase and delivery of TB drugs
  • Research on the global control of TB: understanding the role of drugs, vaccines, and funding
  • Strategies for confronting the global MDR and XDR TB crisis.

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