New Profile of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Russia

New Profile of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Russia

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Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
National Academies Press
EAN: 9780309162982
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An estimated 2 billion people, one third of the global population, are infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes tuberculosis. Spread through the air, this infectious disease killed 1.7 million in 2009, and is the leading killer of people with HIV. Tuberculosis (TB) is also a disease of povertythe vast majority of tuberculosis deaths occur in the developing world. Exacerbating the devastation caused by TB is the growing threat of drug-resistant forms of the disease in many parts of the world.Drug-resistant tuberculosis presents a number of significant challenges in terms of controlling its spread, diagnosing patients quickly and accurately, and using drugs to treat patients effectively. In Russia in recent decades, the rise of these strains of TB, resistant to standard antibiotic treatment, has been exacerbated by the occurrence of social, political, and economic upheavals. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation, in conjunction with the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences held a workshop to discuss ways to fight the growing threat of drug-resistant TB. The New Profile of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Russia: A Global and Local Perspective: Summary of a Joint Workshop presents information from experts on the nature of this threat and how it can be addressed by exploring various treatment and diagnostic options.
EAN 9780309162982
ISBN 030916298X
Typ produktu Ebook
Vydavatel National Academies Press
Datum vydání 7. července 2011
Stránky 158
Jazyk English
Země United States
Autoři Board on Health Sciences Policy; Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation; Institute of Medicine; Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
Editoři Anne Claiborne; Rebecca English; Steve Olson