Global prevalence of drug-resistant tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

N Salari, AH Kanjoori, A Hosseinian-Far… - Infectious Diseases of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Tuberculosis is a bacterial infectious disease, which affects different parts of a
human body, mainly lungs and can lead to the patient's death. The aim of this study is to …

Prevalence of rifampicin resistant pulmonary tuberculosis using geneXpert assay in Ethiopia, a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Demelash, E Nibret, T Hailegebriel, Z Minichil… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Background Drug-resistant tuberculosis continues to be a global public health threat.
Ethiopia is one of the high-burden countries for tuberculosis and multi-drug resistant …

First and second-line anti-tuberculosis drug-resistance patterns in pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Zambia

N Monde, M Munyeme, G Chongwe, JJ Wensman… - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: Drug-resistant tuberculosis has continued to be a serious global health threat
defined by complexity as well as higher morbidity and mortality wherever it occurs, Zambia …

Whole Genome Sequencing of Drug Resistant and Drug Susceptible Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates From Tigray Region, Ethiopia

LN Welekidan, SA Yimer, E Skjerve… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Tuberculosis, mainly caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), is an
ancient human disease that gravely affects millions of people annually. We wanted to …

Frequency of rpoB, katG, and inhA Gene Polymorphisms Associated with Multidrug‐Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolates among Ethiopian TB …

A Seid, N Berhane, S Nureddin - … Perspectives on Infectious …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top 10 causes of mortality and the first killer among infectious
diseases of poverty (IDoPs) worldwide. It disproportionately affects on‐third of the world's …

Pulmonary tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in northwestern Ethiopia: a hospital-based cross-sectional study among presumptive …

B Wubu, M Jemal, Y Million, M Gizachew - Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Border areas are important sites for disseminating Mycobacterium tuberculosis
among individuals living in such areas. This study examined patients with suspected …

Risk factors associated with drug‐resistant tuberculosis in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

A Alemu, ZW Bitew, G Diriba… - … and emerging diseases, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of drug‐resistant tuberculosis (DR‐TB) is becoming a challenge to the
national TB control programmes including Ethiopia. Different risk factors are associated with …

Explorative analysis of treatment outcomes of levofloxacin-and moxifloxacin-based regimens and outcome predictors in Ethiopian MDR-TB patients: A prospective …

T Sidamo, W Shibeshi, G Yimer, E Aklillu… - Infection and Drug …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose/Background Although Ethiopia is among the thirty high multi-drug resistant
tuberculosis (MDR-TB) burden countries in the world, comparative therapeutic efficacy of …

Genotypic and phenotypic drug resistance patterns of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from presumptive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Ethiopia: A …

B Yenew, A Kebede, A Alemu, G Diriba, Z Mehammed… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background The emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) has been a major
obstacle to global tuberculosis control programs, especially in developing countries …

Whole-genome sequencing-based genetic diversity, transmission dynamics, and drug-resistant mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from …

B Chekesa, H Singh, N Gonzalez-Juarbe… - Frontiers in Public …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) refers to a form of Tuberculosis (TB) where
the infection occurs outside the lungs. Despite EPTB being a devastating disease of public …