Open AccessMultidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Bangladesh: results from a sentinel surveillance system
Author(s) -
Sayera Banu,
Mahfuzur Rahman,
Shahriar Ahmed,
Razia Khatun,
Sara Sabrina Ferdous,
Bayejid Hosen,
Md. Munsur Rahman,
Tahmeed Ahmed,
Joseph S. Cavanaugh,
James D. Heffelfinger
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease/the international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease. articles traduits en français ...
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.103
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1815-7920
pISSN - 1027-3719
DOI - 10.5588/ijtld.16.0384
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , culture conversion , sputum , multiple drug resistance , drug resistance , mycobacterium tuberculosis , sputum culture , surgery , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a serious obstacle to successful TB control. The 2010-2011 Bangladesh Drug Resistance Survey (DRS) showed MDR-TB prevalence to be 7% overall, 1.4% in new and 28.5% in previously treated patients. We aimed to determine the rate of MDR-TB in selected sentinel sites in Bangladesh.