Off-Label Use of Bedaquiline in Children and Adolescents with Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis

Authors :: Achar, Jay
Hewison, Cathy
Cavalheiro, Ana P.
Skrahina, Alena
Cajazeiro, Junia
Nargiza, Parpieva
Herboczek, Krzysztof
Rajabov, Assliddin S.
Hughes, Jennifer
Ferlazzo, Gabriella
Seddon, James A.
Cros, Philipp du
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases. October, 2017, Vol. 23 Issue 10, p1711, 3 p.
Publication Year :: 2017
Abstract: The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that nearly half a million persons became infected with multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB), defined as disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains resistant to rifampin [...]

Subjects :: Microbial drug resistance -- Usage
Tuberculosis -- Usage
Rifampin -- Usage
Health
Doctors Without Borders
World Health Organization

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