The global crisis of drug-resistant tuberculosis and leadership of China and the BRICS : challenges and opportunities : summary of a joint workshop by the Institute of Medicine and the Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences /
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is caused by bacteria resistant to isoniazid and rifampicin, the two most effective first-line anti-TB drugs, originally developed and introduced in the 1950 and 1960s. Since 2008, the Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation of the Institute of Med...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique Actes de congrès eBook |
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Washington, D.C. :
The National Academies Press,
[2014]
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Table des matières:
- The challenges and opportunities for the BRICS countries to lead
- Catching up with the microbe
- Drug-resistant TB in China
- Experiences with MDR TB in other countries
- Drug-resistant tuberculosis in pediatric populations
- Global perspectives on transmission and infection control
- Rapid diagnostic technologies : status and limitations
- Addressing diagnosis and treatment across the spectrum of drug resistance
- Developing and strengthening the drug supply chain for drug-resistant TB
- Embracing a new vision for research
- What will be required to achive zero deaths from TB?
- Creating an evidence-based blueprint for action.