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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.
OTHER DEFINITIONS
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
Patients diagnosed with TB who start anti-TB treatment and acquire resistance to one or more of the drugs used during the treatment
Proxy Drug resistance among previously treated cases
Child previously diagnosed with confirmed drug susceptible TB disease who developed DR-TB disease (or resistance to additional drugs) during TB treatment
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