But in our analysis, we found that there is a high proportion of pre-XDR in patients who are suspected to be MDR cases.” Whole genome sequencing is considered an advanced form of testing for TB ...

and extensively drug-resistant (pre-XDR/XDR) TB. Patients in this cohort were monitored weekly by microscopy, GeneXpert, ...

India accounts for 30% of the global TB burden and 62% of multidrug-resistant cases. Despite a 17.7% reduction in incidence ...

Edited excerpts: How common are MDR-TB and XDR-TB in India, and what are the major reasons behind their rise? Are certain populations more vulnerable to drug-resistant TB? What factors put them at ...

In addition, approximately 9% of MDR TB cases are believed to be extensively drug-resistant (XDR), which entails additional resistance to any fluoroquinolone and to at least one injectable second ...

Now, researchers have found that better tuberculosis surveillance programmes could have delayed the emergence of extensively drug-resistant strains of TB called Mycobacterium tuberculosis (XDR-TB).