Title 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

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 128 pages) : illustrations Series Online access: National Academy of Sciences National Academies Press Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf Contents Introduction -- The incidence of drug-resistant TB in South Africa -- Surveillance and tracking of drug-resistant TB -- Transmission and infection control -- Diganosis of drug-resistant TB -- Treatment of drug-resistant TB -- Drug-resistant TB in children -- Convergence of science and policy to create a blueprint for action Summary "Tuberculosis (TB) kills approximately 4,500 people worldwide every day. While most cases of TB can be treated with antibiotics, some strains have developed drug resistance that makes their treatment more expensive, more toxic and less effective for the patient. The IOM Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation and the Academy of Science of South Africa held a workshop to discuss ways to fight the growing threat of drug-resistant TB"--Publisher's website Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-93) Notes English Print version record Subject Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis -- South Africa -- Prevention -- Congresses Tuberculosis -- South Africa -- Congresses Drug resistance -- Congresses Drug resistance. Antitubercular agents. Drug Resistance -- South Africa -- Congresses Drug Resistance -- South Africa -- Congresses Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant -- prevention & control Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant -- prevention & control -- South Africa -- Congresses Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant -- prevention & control -- South Africa -- Congresses Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant -- epidemiology -- Africa, Southern -- Congresses Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis -- prevention & control -- Africa, Southern -- Congresses Drug Resistance Antitubercular Agents -- Africa, Southern -- Congresses Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis -- epidemiology -- Africa, Southern -- Congresses Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant -- prevention & control -- Africa, Southern -- Congresses Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant -- epidemiology Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis -- prevention & control Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis -- epidemiology Antitubercular Agents MEDICAL -- Oncology. Antitubercular agents Drug resistance Tuberculosis Africa, Southern. South Africa Africa, Southern Southern Africa South Africa Genre/Form proceedings (reports) Conference papers and proceedings Conference papers and proceedings. Actes de congrès. Form Electronic book Author Claiborne, Anne B. Lebovitz, Yeonwoo. Olson, Steve, 1956- Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation. Academy of Science of South Africa. LC no. 2011377446 ISBN 9780309160254 0309160251 9786613081544 661308154X 1283081547 9781283081542 0309211603 9780309211604

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