What is the Extremely Resistant TB Case in Florida showing to experts?”
A case of extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis — being referred to as XXDR-TB — in Florida is one of only a handful reported worldwide. But as drug-resistant strains of TB continue to evolve, there may be many more, according to Dean Schraufnagel, MD, a TB expert at the University of Illinois in Chicago and president-elect of the American Thoracic Society. In an interview with MedPage Today, Schraufnagel said that both multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB are becoming more common, especially in the developing world. (See XDR-TB Rate Holding Steady after Decline) When it comes to XDR-TB, Schraufnagel said, “We think it’s only a relative handful, but we don’t know that” because worldwide reporting is incomplete. MDR- and XDR-TB are two stages in a continuum of resistance, with XDR strains harder to treat than MDR and both more troublesome than ordinary tuberculosis. But the case in Florida, according to the Associated Press, was even more difficult. The pa
Topic:- “Extremely Resistant TB Case Shows Evolution of Pathogen” Description:- A case of extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis — being referred to as XXDR-TB — in Florida is one of only a handful reported worldwide. But as drug-resistant strains of TB continue to evolve, there may be many more, according to Dean Schraufnagel, MD, a TB expert at the University of Illinois in Chicago and president-elect of the American Thoracic Society. In an interview with MedPage Today, Schraufnagel said that both multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB are becoming more common, especially in the developing world. (See XDR-TB Rate Holding Steady after Decline) When it comes to XDR-TB, Schraufnagel said, “We think it’s only a relative handful, but we don’t know that” because worldwide reporting is incomplete. MDR- and XDR-TB are two stages in a continuum of resistance, with XDR strains harder to treat than MDR and both more troublesome than ordinary tuberculosis. But the cas
A case of extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis — being referred to as XXDR-TB — in Florida is one of only a handful reported worldwide. But as drug-resistant strains of TB continue to evolve, there may be many more, according to Dean Schraufnagel, MD, a TB expert at the University of Illinois in Chicago and president-elect of the American Thoracic Society. In an interview with MedPage Today, Schraufnagel said that both multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB are becoming more common, especially in the developing world.
