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September 10, 2025Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases

Pulmonary tuberculosis with multidrug resistance in its pathogen to essential and reserve drugs

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AKAleksandr S. KononetsНХНадежда Егоровна ХорошиловаLGL I Golubeva

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Overview

Study reveals treatment efficiency issues in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, indicating varied responses based on resistance type.

Key Points

  • Patients with extensive drug resistance showed a more severe clinical course and poor treatment outcomes.
  • Chemotherapy with reserve drugs was effective in those with multidrug resistance but not in extensive drug resistance cases.
  • The study involved 249 patients excreting Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistant to essential antituberculous drugs.
  • Multidrug resistance significantly impacts treatment effectiveness and disease severity in pulmonary tuberculosis.

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Kononets et al. (2010) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c24477b210217d647abb9ehttps://doi.org/10.17816/eid40436
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