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What is multidrug-resistant tb and extensively drug-resistant tb?
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See below: Multidrug resistant TB is resistant to at least inh and rifampicin. Extensively drug resistant is resistant to at least inh, rifampicin, and a quinolone and at least one of the following: kanamycin, capreomycin, or amikacin. In short, these are cases of TB where the bacterium is increasingly immune to the most important tools that we have to fight it.
Answered 6/10/2014
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MDR XDR: This is very bad. Tb expert is crucial!
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