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Acquired drug resistance

DEFINITION

Resistance to one or more anti-tuberculosis drugs which arises during or after the course of treatment.

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SOURCE DEFINITION

Patient diagnosed with drug susceptible organism that developed resistance during the course of treatment.

From: WHO
Year: 2004

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TERM 1

Resistance to one or more anti-TB drug which arises during the course of treatment usably as a result of non adherence to the recommended regimen or faculty prescribing. This is found in a patient who has received at least one month of anti-TB treatment and was referred to as secondary resistance in the past

From: Scientific article (Biosci Trends.)
Year: 2010

TERM 2

Patients diagnosed with TB who start anti-TB treatment and acquire resistance to one or more of the drugs used during the treatment

From: WHO
Year: 2003

TERM 3

Proxy Drug resistance among previously treated cases

From: WHO
Year: 2005

TERM 4

Child previously diagnosed with confirmed drug susceptible TB disease who developed DR-TB disease (or resistance to additional drugs) during TB treatment

From: Scientific article (J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc.)
Year: 2013

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