Editorial commentary: Treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: it's worse than we thought!

Affiliations

¹ Division of Mycobacterial and Respiratory Infections, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado.
² Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Massachusetts.

Editorial

Charles L Daley et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2014.

. 2014 Oct 15;59(8):1064-5.

doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu578. Epub 2014 Jul 23.

¹ Division of Mycobacterial and Respiratory Infections, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado.
² Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Massachusetts.

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Keywords: Green Light Committee; drug resistance; extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis; multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; tuberculosis.

Comment in

We must halt the progression of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis to extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, no matter what the cost.
Soman R, Shetty A, Rodrigues C. Soman R, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Mar 15;60(6):968. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu1145. Epub 2014 Dec 19. Clin Infect Dis. 2015. PMID: 25527650 No abstract available.
Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: you can teach an old dog new tricks.
Raoult D. Raoult D. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Mar 15;60(6):971. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu1148. Epub 2014 Dec 19. Clin Infect Dis. 2015. PMID: 25527652 No abstract available.
Reply to Soman et al, Alffenaar et al, Metcalfe et al, and Raoult.
Cegielski JP, Chen MP, Tupasi TE, Leimane V, Volchenkov GV; Global Preserving Effective TB Treatment Study Investigators. Cegielski JP, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Mar 15;60(6):971-3. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu1150. Epub 2014 Dec 19. Clin Infect Dis. 2015. PMID: 25527654 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Extensive drug resistance acquired during treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
Cegielski JP, Dalton T, Yagui M, Wattanaamornkiet W, Volchenkov GV, Via LE, Van Der Walt M, Tupasi T, Smith SE, Odendaal R, Leimane V, Kvasnovsky C, Kuznetsova T, Kurbatova E, Kummik T, Kuksa L, Kliiman K, Kiryanova EV, Kim H, Kim CK, Kazennyy BY, Jou R, Huang WL, Ershova J, Erokhin VV, Diem L, Contreras C, Cho SN, Chernousova LN, Chen MP, Caoili JC, Bayona J, Akksilp S; Global Preserving Effective TB Treatment Study (PETTS) Investigators. Cegielski JP, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Oct 15;59(8):1049-63. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu572. Epub 2014 Jul 23. Clin Infect Dis. 2014. PMID: 25057101 Free PMC article.