| Title | Increasing drug resistance in extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, South Africa. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2011 |
| Authors | Shah, Sarita N., Jessica Richardson, Prashini Moodley, Salona Moodley, Palav Babaria, Melissa Ramtahal, Scott K. Heysell, Xuan Li, Anthony P. Moll, Gerald Friedland, Willem A. Sturm, and Neel R. Gandhi |
| Journal | Emerging infectious diseases |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pagination | 510-3 |
| Date Published | 2011 Mar |
| ISSN | 1080-6059 |
| Keywords | Adult, Antitubercular Agents, Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial, Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Female, Humans, Male, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Middle Aged, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, South Africa, Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant, Young Adult |
| Abstract | We expanded second-line tuberculosis (TB) drug susceptibility testing for extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from South Africa. Of 19 patients with extensively drug-resistant TB identified during February 2008-April 2009, 13 (68%) had isolates resistant to all 8 drugs tested. This resistance leaves no effective treatment with available drugs in South Africa. |
| DOI | 10.3109/00952990.2011.568081 |
| Alternate Journal | Emerging Infect. Dis. |
