ReviewCureus2023
Multidrug-Resistant TB (MDR-TB) and Extensively Drug-Resistant TB (XDR-TB) Among Children: Where We Stand Now.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness and Safety of Contemporary Drug Regimens for Multidrug- and Extensively Drug-resistant Tuberculosis in Children and Adolescents: A Global Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.The Pediatric infectious disease journal · 2026Pooled it
- Prevalence and contributing factors of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) in iran: a systematic review.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Pooled it
- A Comparative Policy Review of Tuberculosis Infection Control Policies Across Six Countries: Insights on Screening, Prevention, and Treatment Strategies.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Predictors of Treatment Outcomes Among HIV-Positive Patients with Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Rural Eastern Cape, South Africa: A Retrospective Cohort Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Redefining Therapies for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Synergistic Effects of Antimicrobial Peptides, Nanotechnology, and Computational Design.Advanced healthcare materials · 2026Review
- Factors Influencing Adherence to All-Oral Short-Course Treatment for DR-TB and Establishment of a Predictive Model.Infection and drug resistance · 2026Article
- Identification of novel DNA gyrase B inhibitors inFrontiers in tuberculosis · 2026Article
- Pyrimidine-Based Compounds in Tuberculosis Management: A Review of their Biological and Medicinal Importance.Medicinal chemistry (Shariqah (United Arab Emirates)) · 2026Review
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- Acceptability of a clofazimine tablet in children with rifampicin-resistant TB in three high-burden countries.IJTLD open · 2025Article
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- FAMILY SUPPORT, MOTIVATION, AND PATIENT ADHERENCE TO TUBERCULOSIS TREATMENT: INSIGHTS FROM INDONESIA.African journal of infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Predictors of treatment delay among drug resistant tuberculosis patients in Uganda.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Identification of mycobacterial Thymidylate kinase inhibitors: a comprehensive pharmacophore, machine learning, molecular docking, and molecular dynamics simulation studies.Molecular diversity · 2024Article
- Drug resistance profiles ofJAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2024Article
- Tackling Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: New Challenges from the Old PathogenMicroorganisms · 2023Review
- Characteristics and treatment outcomes of adolescents and young adults living with HIV with drug-resistant tuberculosis co-infection in Uganda: a retrospective cohort study.Therapeutic advances in infectious diseaseArticle
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) has continued to be a global health cataclysm. It is an arduous condition to tackle but is curable with the proper choice of drug and adherence to the drug therapy. WHO has introduced newer drugs with all-oral shorter regimens, but the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the achievements and raised the severity. The COVID-19 controlling mechanism is based on social distancing, using face masks, personal protective equipment, medical glove, head shoe cover, face shield, goggles, hand hygiene, and many more. Around the globe, national and international health authorities impose lockdown and movement control orders to ensure social distancing and prevent transmission of COVID-19 infection. Therefore, WHO proposed a TB control program impaired during a pandemic. Children, the most vulnerable group, suffer more from the drug-resistant form and act as the storehouse of future fatal cases. It has dire effects on physical health and hampers their mental health and academic career. Treatment of drug-resistant cases has more success stories in children than adults, but enrollment for treatment has been persistently low in this age group. Despite that, drug-resistant childhood tuberculosis has been neglected, and proper surveillance has not yet been achieved. Insufficient reporting, lack of appropriate screening tools for children, less accessibility to the treatment facility, inadequate awareness, and reduced funding for TB have worsened the situation. All these have resulted in jeopardizing our dream to terminate this deadly condition. So, it is high time to focus on this issue to achieve our Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the goal of ending TB by 2030, as planned by WHO. This review explores childhood TB's current position and areas to improve. This review utilized electronic-based data searched through PubMed, Google Scholar, Google Search Engine, Science Direct, and Embase.
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