Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) is still one of the most critical issues impeding
worldwide TB control efforts. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to …

Background The burden of drug resistant tuberculosis in Africa is largely driven by the
emergence and spread of multidrug resistant (MDR) and extensively drug resistant (XDR) …

Background The emergence of pre-extensively and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
(Pre-XDR/XDR-TB) is the major hurdle for TB prevention and care programs especially in …

The emergence of pre-extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (pre-XDR-TB) is a threat to TB
control programs in developing countries such as Zambia. Studies in Zambia have applied …

Background Drug-resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex remains a major
health burden in human history and still is a major leading cause of death in developing …

Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) is still a major public health concern in South Africa.
Mutations in M. tuberculosis can cause varying levels of phenotypic resistance to anti-TB …

Background Drug resistant tuberculosis (TB) has become a persistent health threat in
Ethiopia. In this respect, baseline data are scarce in many parts of high TB burden regions …

Objective Zambia is among the 30 high tuberculosis burden countries in the world. Despite
increasing reports of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in routine surveillance …

Background: India is a high burden country for Tuberculosis (TB). As per the World Health
Organization (WHO) statistics, 24000 cases of Multi Drug Resistant (MDR) TB were …

Background: The prevalence and type of Drug resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) was evaluated
pre-and post-2013, and outcome was studied. Methods: Descriptive retrospective study …