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ArticleLung India : official organ of Indian Chest Society

Pre-extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis among pulmonary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Eastern Nigeria.

Ndubuisi O Nwachukwu, Amara E Ulasi, Christopher U Okoronkwo, Valentine N Unegbu

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Article in Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest Society. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ndubuisi O NwachukwuDepartment of Medical Laboratory Science, Abia State University Uturu, P.M.B 2000, Uturu, Abia State; Department of Microbiology, Abia State University Uturu, P.M.B 2000, Uturu, Nigeria.
Amara E UlasiDepartment of Animal and Environmental Biology, Abia State University Uturu, P.M.B 200b0, Uturu, Abia State, Nigeria.
Christopher U OkoronkwoDepartment of Microbiology, Abia State University Uturu, P.M.B 2000, Uturu, Nigeria.
Valentine N UnegbuDepartment of Biology Science, University of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Umuagwo, Imo State, Nigeria.
Abia State University · NGUniversity of Agriculture · NG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Pre-extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (Pre-XDR-TB), an emerging form of drug-resistant tuberculosis, is challenging efforts at tuberculosis control, leading to treatment failure among multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients and progression to extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB). We determined the rate of Pre-XDR-TB among multidrug-resistant patients in Southeast, Nigeria. Methods: A prospective laboratory-based study was carried out at the South East Zonal Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory from January 2021 to December 2021. Second-line drug (SLD) resistance was performed on 225 sputum samples of multidrug-resistant patients prior to treatment initiation using GenoType MTBDRsl genotypic drug susceptibility testing (DST) method. Results: The rate of Pre-XDR-TB among 225 MDR-TB cases was 3.1%. Fluoroquinolone-resistant Pre-XDR-TB was observed (100%) in previously treated tuberculosis cases. Only one (0.4%) case showed resistance to both fluoroquinolone (FQ) and one second-line injectable drug (XDR-TB). The extensively drug-resistant case observed was a de-novo resistance. Exactly 0.9% of the multidrug-resistant cases showed resistance to second-line injectables. Conclusion: The prevalence of Pre-XDR-TB among MDR-TB cases was high. There is need for rapid detection of Pre-XDR-TB among MDR-TB cases before treatment initiation.

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Drug resistanceinfectionlung diseaseNigeriapre-extensively drug resistancetuberculosis

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PMID37961955
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