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ArticleJGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology2017

Drug resistance in intestinal tuberculosis: A reason to worry?

Ajinkya Sonambekar, Devendra Desai, Philip Abraham, Vatsal Mehta, Hrishikesh Samant, Anand Joshi, Tarun Gupta, Camilla Rodrigues

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Article in JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Gastrointestinal tuberculosis: A systematic review of epidemiology, presentation, diagnosis and treatment.Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association
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  2. Evidence-based approach to diagnosis and management of abdominal tuberculosis.Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ajinkya SonambekarDivision of Gastroenterology P D Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre Mumbai India.ORCID 0000-0001-9526-2617
Devendra DesaiDivision of Gastroenterology P D Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre Mumbai India.ORCID 0000-0002-9741-5549
Philip AbrahamDivision of Gastroenterology P D Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre Mumbai India.
Vatsal MehtaDivision of Gastroenterology P D Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre Mumbai India.ORCID 0000-0002-6561-4578
Hrishikesh SamantDivision of Hepatology LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport Louisiana USA.
Anand JoshiDivision of Gastroenterology P D Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre Mumbai India.
Tarun GuptaDivision of Gastroenterology P D Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre Mumbai India.
Camilla RodriguesDivision of Microbiology P D Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre Mumbai India.
P. D. Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre · INLouisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

aimEmergence of drug resistance in intestinal tuberculosis (ITB) makes the treatment of this condition challenging. While there is growing evidence of multiple and extensive drug resistance in pulmonary and glandular tuberculosis (TB), literature regarding susceptibility and resistance patterns in ITB is scarce. The aim of the current paper was to study the prevalence of drug resistance in patients with ITB.

methodsAmong patients presenting to a tertiary care hospital in Mumbai between 2008 and 2016, records of all patients with ITB, whose mucosal biopsy (obtained at ileocolonoscopy) tissue culture was positive for

resultsA total of 43 patients were included, of whom 10 (23.2%) patients were diagnosed to have resistance to at least one first-line anti-TB drug. Resistance to isoniazid was the most common (nine patients), followed by rifampicin (six), pyrazinamide (five), streptomycin and ethionamide (four each), ethambutol, moxifloxacin and ofloxacin (three each), and

conclusionTwenty-three percent of our patients with ITB tested for drug resistance had drug resistance, 13.9% being multidrug resistant and needing second-line anti-TB therapy.

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Crohn's diseasegastrointestinal tuberculosismultidrug‐resistant tuberculosis

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