Trends of Drug Resistance Tuberculosis from 2014 to 2018, Bale Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia.

Published in: Infection and drug resistance (2021)

Drug-resistant TB decreased over the period studied, although the trend did not reach statistical significance. These trends may reflect the efficacy of TB control programs to reduce drug-resistant TB transmission, as well as improved RR TB detection due to increased use of molecular diagnostic platforms like GeneXpert MTB/RIF.

Keyphrases

drug resistant
mycobacterium tuberculosis
pulmonary tuberculosis
multidrug resistant
acinetobacter baumannii
public health
emergency department
hiv aids
antiretroviral therapy
hiv infected
drug induced