Abstract
Because data from countries in Africa are limited, we measured the proportion of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB) cases among TB patients in Burkina Faso for whom retreatment was failing. Of 34 patients with multidrug-resistant TB, 2 had an XDR TB strain. Second-line TB drugs should be strictly controlled to prevent further XDR TB increase.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
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Burkina Faso / epidemiology
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Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
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Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis / drug therapy
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Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis / epidemiology*
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Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis / microbiology
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Fatal Outcome
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Humans
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Male
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Microbial Sensitivity Tests
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects*
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
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Sputum / microbiology
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Treatment Failure
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Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / drug therapy
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Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / epidemiology*
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Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / microbiology