Background Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) undermines control efforts and its burden is
poorly understood in resource-limited settings. We performed a systematic review and meta …

Prisons have long been associated with rapid transmission of infectious diseases. The
HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has fuelled the spread of TB and HIV in …

Background Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) did not receive major attention until
recently in sub-Saharan Africa where the tuberculosis incidence and risk factors are highest …

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global emergency and is responsible for 1.7 million deaths
annually. Widespread global misuse of isoniazid and rifampicin over three decades has …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence and risk factors associated with drug resistant
tuberculosis (TB) in South West Nigeria. METHODS: A retrospective study conducted among …

Background. This study aimed to determine the pattern of drug susceptibility to first‐line
drugs among pulmonary TB patients in two hospitals in Calabar, Nigeria. Methods. This was …

Background Adverse events (AEs) of second line anti-tuberculosis drugs (SLDs) are
relatively well documented. However, the actual burden has rarely been described in detail …

The phenomenon of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) emerged as a clinical entity
in the early 1990s after a couple of decades of widespread use of rifampin. A World Health …

Abstract Objective: Drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a public health threat
globally. We described the drug resistance pattern of M. tuberculosis to first line anti-TB …

Background: In past years, much focus has been on tackling the scourge and spread of
tuberculosis worldwide. The recent emergence of multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis …