Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
                             
                            
                            
                                
                            
                            
                                
                            
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                            
	"Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
	MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, 
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				Tuberculosis resistant to ISONIAZID and RIFAMPIN and at least three of the six main classes of second-line drugs (AMINOGLYCOSIDES; polypeptide agents; FLUOROQUINOLONES; THIOAMIDES; CYCLOSERINE; and PARA-AMINOSALICYLIC ACID) as defined by the CDC.
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | D054908 | 
					
						| MeSH Number(s) | C01.252.410.040.552.846.775.500 | 
					
						| Concept/Terms | Extensively Drug-Resistant TuberculosisExtensively Drug-Resistant TuberculosisExtensively Drug Resistant TuberculosisExtremely Drug-Resistant TuberculosisDrug-Resistant Tuberculoses, ExtremelyDrug-Resistant Tuberculosis, ExtremelyExtremely Drug Resistant TuberculosisExtremely Drug-Resistant TuberculosesTuberculoses, Extremely Drug-ResistantTuberculosis, Extremely Drug-ResistantTuberculosis, Extremely Drug ResistantXDR-TBTuberculosis, Extensively Drug-ResistantDrug-Resistant Tuberculoses, ExtensivelyDrug-Resistant Tuberculosis, ExtensivelyExtensively Drug-Resistant TuberculosesTuberculoses, Extensively Drug-ResistantTuberculosis, Extensively Drug Resistant
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				Below are the most recent publications written about "Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis" by people in Profiles.
						
					
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								A national infection control evaluation of drug-resistant tuberculosis hospitals in South Africa. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2012 Jan; 16(1):82-9.