Emergence and clonal transmission of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis among patients in Chad.
Awa Ba DialloGedeon W OssogaGeraldine DaneauSeynabou LoRichard NgandoloColette Diguimbaye DjaibéBarou DjouaterSouleymane MboupBouke C de JongAissatou G DialloFlorian GehrePublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2017)
Emerging MDR isolates pose a public health threat to Southern Chad, with risk to neighboring countries. This study informs public health practitioners, justifying the implementation of continuous surveillance with DST for all retreatment cases as well as contacts of MDR patients, in parallel with provision of adequate 2nd line regimens in the region.
Keyphrases
- public health
- drug resistant
- multidrug resistant
- end stage renal disease
- acinetobacter baumannii
- primary care
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- healthcare
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- emergency department
- palliative care
- patient reported outcomes
- quality improvement
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- general practice