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Record Nr.

UNINA9910142970003321

Autore

Wright Abigail

Titolo

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 / / [written by Abigail Wright, Matteo Zignol]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, Switzerland, : World Health Organization, c2008

ISBN

1-282-05806-1

9786612058066

92-4-068357-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (152 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ZignolMatteo

Disciplina

614.5/42

Soggetti

Tuberculosis - Prevention

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

Drug resistance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"WHO/HTM/TB/2008.394."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-100).

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; GLOBAL NETWORK OF SUPRANATIONAL REFERENCE LABORATORIES; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2. METHODS; Chapter 3. RESULTS; Chapter 4. DISCUSSION; References; Annex 1; Annex 2; Annex 3; Annex 4; Annex 5

Sommario/riassunto

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