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].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wright, Abigail.

Contributor:

Zignol, Matteo.

WHO/IUATLD Global Project on Anti-tuberculosis Drug Resistance Surveillance.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tuberculosis--Prevention--Statistics.

Tuberculosis.

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis--Statistics.

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.

Drug resistance--Statistics.

Drug resistance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (152 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

WHO/IUATLD Global Project on Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Surveillance

Place of Publication:

Geneva, Switzerland : World Health Organization, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

"WHO/HTM/TB/2008.394."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-100).

ISBN:

1-282-05806-1

9786612058066

92-4-068357-7

OCLC:

550640999