RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Clinical implications of the global multidrug-resistant tuberculosis epidemic
JF Clinical Medicine
JO Clin Med
FD Royal College of Physicians
SP 565
OP 570
DO 10.7861/clinmedicine.16-6-565
VO 16
IS 6
A1 Kartik Kumar
A1 Ibrahim Abubakar
YR 2016
UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/16/6/565.abstract
AB Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) is a significant threat to global health estimated to account for nearly half a million new cases and over 200,000 deaths in 2013. The number of MDR TB cases in the UK has risen over the last 15 years, with ever more complex clinical cases and associated challenging public health and societal implications. In this review, we provide an overview of the epidemiology of MDR TB globally and in the UK, outline the clinical management of MDR TB and summarise recent advances in diagnostics and prospects for new treatment.