Introduction: Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is a result of deficiencies in the administration of treatment and transmission of the disease, being a challenge for national programs of tuberculosis control.Objective: To describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the cases diagnosed in Colombia.Materials and methods: Case series study, performed on people diagnosed with XDRTB during 2006 to 2016 in Colombia. Information source: unique surveillance format and database of the national reference laboratory. The variables territorial entity of origin, gender, age, affiliation regime, form of tuberculosis, tuberculosis-HIV coinfection, sensitivity pattern to second line drugs and live/dead outcome were analyzed....
ResumenObjetivoLa resistencia a los fármacos antituberculosis es de gran interés en salud pública. L...
Tuberculosis is the second leading cause of death in the world associated with an infectious process...
Objetivo Caracterizar los casos de tuberculosis farmacorresistente mediante pruebas de susceptibilid...
Introduction: Tuberculosis in children is a recent transmission reflection in the community. It is e...
Introduction. Tuberculosis is an important cause of disease and death worldwide. An estimated 8.8 mi...
Introduction. Multidrug-resistant/rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (MDR/RR-TB) is difficult to cont...
Introducción: La TB pulmonar (TBP) es un importante problema de salud pública; es la segunda causa ...
Introduction: Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is a result of deficiencies in the ad...
Introduction: One third of the increase in tuberculosis cases is attributed to the spread of HIV. In...
La incidencia mundial de tuberculosis (TB) se presenta con una tendencia hacia el descenso a partir ...
Introduction: Tuberculosis is a health problem worldwide. The World Health Organization estimated 9....
ResumenObjetivoAnalizar los factores sociodemográficos y clínicos de los pacientes con diagnóstico d...
In 2001, Buenaventura, Colombia, the rate of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis was of 66 per 100...
Objetivo: Describir la situación de la tuberculosis en Colombia durante los años 2007 y 2008, enfati...
Introduction: The diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in children is a challenge in all tuberculosis...
ResumenObjetivoLa resistencia a los fármacos antituberculosis es de gran interés en salud pública. L...
Tuberculosis is the second leading cause of death in the world associated with an infectious process...
Objetivo Caracterizar los casos de tuberculosis farmacorresistente mediante pruebas de susceptibilid...
Introduction: Tuberculosis in children is a recent transmission reflection in the community. It is e...
Introduction. Tuberculosis is an important cause of disease and death worldwide. An estimated 8.8 mi...
Introduction. Multidrug-resistant/rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (MDR/RR-TB) is difficult to cont...
Introducción: La TB pulmonar (TBP) es un importante problema de salud pública; es la segunda causa ...
Introduction: Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is a result of deficiencies in the ad...
Introduction: One third of the increase in tuberculosis cases is attributed to the spread of HIV. In...
La incidencia mundial de tuberculosis (TB) se presenta con una tendencia hacia el descenso a partir ...
Introduction: Tuberculosis is a health problem worldwide. The World Health Organization estimated 9....
ResumenObjetivoAnalizar los factores sociodemográficos y clínicos de los pacientes con diagnóstico d...
In 2001, Buenaventura, Colombia, the rate of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis was of 66 per 100...
Objetivo: Describir la situación de la tuberculosis en Colombia durante los años 2007 y 2008, enfati...
Introduction: The diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in children is a challenge in all tuberculosis...
ResumenObjetivoLa resistencia a los fármacos antituberculosis es de gran interés en salud pública. L...
Tuberculosis is the second leading cause of death in the world associated with an infectious process...
Objetivo Caracterizar los casos de tuberculosis farmacorresistente mediante pruebas de susceptibilid...