The ability of bacteria to resist or to become tolerant to several structurally and functionally distinct drugs simultaneously. This resistance may be acquired through gene mutation or foreign DNA in transmissible plasmids (R FACTORS)
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant -- epidemiology -- Africa, Southern -- Congresses : Emerging threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis in southern Africa : global and local challenges and solution : summary of a joint workshop / by the Institute of Medicine and the Academy of Science of South Africa ; Steve Olson, Yeonwoo Lebovitz, and Anne Claiborne, rapporteurs ; Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation, Board of Medicine, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, and Academy of Science of South Africa
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant -- prevention & control -- Africa, Southern -- Congresses : Emerging threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis in southern Africa : global and local challenges and solution : summary of a joint workshop / by the Institute of Medicine and the Academy of Science of South Africa ; Steve Olson, Yeonwoo Lebovitz, and Anne Claiborne, rapporteurs ; Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation, Board of Medicine, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, and Academy of Science of South Africa
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Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant -- prevention & control -- South Africa -- Congresses : Emerging threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis in southern Africa : global and local challenges and solution : summary of a joint workshop / by the Institute of Medicine and the Academy of Science of South Africa ; Steve Olson, Yeonwoo Lebovitz, and Anne Claiborne, rapporteurs ; Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation, Board of Medicine, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, and Academy of Science of South Africa
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Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant -- transmission : Addressing the threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis : a realistic assessment of the challenge : workshop summary / Robert Giffin and Sally Robinson, rapporteurs ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies