Background Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis threatens to reverse recent reductions in global
tuberculosis incidence. Although children younger than 15 years constitute more than 25 …

Background. Multidrug‐resistant tuberculosis (MDR‐TB) has continued to be a challenge for
tuberculosis (TB) control globally. Ethiopia is one of the countries with high MDR‐TB burden …

Background Smoking plays a key role in the development of tuberculosis (TB) infection and
is also a predictor of poor TB treatment prognosis and outcomes. The current study was …

Introduction: This study aimed to determine first-line anti-tuberculosis drug resistance rates
in new and previously treated cases and to identify risk factors associated with multidrug …

Background Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB), especially multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB),
poses a threat to public health. While standard surveillance focuses on Rifampicin and/or …

The emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB), particularly multidrug-resistant (MDR)
and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB, is a major public health problem. The purpose of …

Background The spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a major public
health problem worldwide. Although drug resistance is common in some countries and rare …

Objective To determine the patterns of resistance to first line anti-tuberculosis (TB) drugs
among a collection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) isolates from 5 provinces of Iran …

Background: India is one of the high tuberculosis (TB)-burden countries in the world.
Resistance to anti-tuberculosis (anti-TB) drugs has already become an important and …

Background Concurrent diabetes mellitus (DM) with tuberculosis (TB) has an increased risk
of treatment failure. This study was aimed to evaluate treatment outcomes in patients with TB …