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ReviewCureus2023

Multi-Drug Resistance Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) Challenges in India: A Review.

Deepak Vishwakarma, Abhay Gaidhane, Sweta Sahu, Ashwini S Rathod

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Review in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Effect of Poverty and Rural Settings on Catastrophic Expenditure in Multi-Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: An Exploratory Study using Propensity Score Matching.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Deepak VishwakarmaSchool of Epidemiology and Public Health, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, IND.
Abhay GaidhaneSchool of Epidemiology and Public Health, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, IND.
Sweta SahuSchool of Epidemiology and Public Health, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, IND.
Ashwini S RathodSchool of Epidemiology and Public Health, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, IND.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) is an increasing public health concern in India. The development of resistance to two of the most effective medications, rifampicin, and isoniazid, is the largest worldwide challenge in the management of TB. An epidemiological indicator used to evaluate the effectiveness of the TB management program is the initial medication resistance level. Our search for published papers in English using Medical Subject Heading phrases was conducted through PubMed, Google Scholar, and Scopus. We also looked through several official sources to learn the most recent information on multi-drug resistance in India. Multi-drug resistance tuberculosis is a significant risk to human health globally. Stigmatization or discrimination of those who have TB or who are impacted by it can make the disease more difficult to manage medically and socially, and it is ultimately responsible for missed opportunities for diagnosis and treatment, interruptions of care, and unsuccessful outcomes. Eliminating TB is complicated by stigma.

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challengesindiamdrmulti-drug resistant tbtb – tuberculosis

Identifiers

PMID38192967
PMCPMC10772311

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