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Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB)

RELATED TAGS Drug resistance

DEFINITION

Tuberculosis caused by a strain of M. tuberculosis complex that is resistant to any anti-tuberculosis drug.

RELATED TERMS

Multidrug- or rifampicin- resistant tuberculosis (MDR/RR-TB)

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SOURCE DEFINITION

TB disease caused by a strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that is resistant to any TB medicines.

From: WHO
Year: 2022
Source: WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis. Module 4: treatment - drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment, 2022 update

OTHER DEFINITIONS

TERM 1

TB shown to be caused by bacilli resistant to any anti-TB medicine

From: WHO
Year: 2014
TERM 2

Case of TB with TB bacilli resistant to one or more anti-TB drugs

From: WHO
Year: 2003
TERM 3

Disease caused by a strain of TB bacteria that is resistant to the most commonly used anti-tuberculosis drugs

From: WHO
Year: 2015
TERM 4

TB disease caused by a strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that is resistant to any TB medicines.

From: WHO
Year: 2022

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