Cookies on this website

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you click 'Accept all cookies' we'll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies and you won't see this message again. If you click 'Reject all non-essential cookies' only necessary cookies providing core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility will be enabled. Click 'Find out more' for information on how to change your cookie settings.

This study describes the first case of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) in the Thames Valley and South East Region and discuss the public health implications, highlighting the need to integrate current epidemiological knowledge with clinical expertise in order to diagnose drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) early. The management of the XDR-TB patients is challenging with few treatment options, expensive therapy, side effects of drugs and a longer course of the treatment.

Original publication

DOI

10.1016/j.jiph.2011.06.003

Type

Journal article

Journal

J Infect Public Health

Publication Date

2011

Volume

4

Pages

207 - 210

Keywords

Adult Antitubercular Agents/pharmacology Contact Tracing/*methods *Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis/*diagnosis/epidemiology/microbiology/prevention & control Great Britain/epidemiology Humans Mass Screening/*methods Mycobacterium tuberculosis/classification/drug effects/*genetics Population Surveillance Public Health Young Adult