The Emerging Threat of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Southern Africa:

Global and Local Challenges and Solutions: Workshop Summary

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Steve Olson, Yeonwoo Lebovitz, and Anne Claiborne, Rapporteurs; Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation; Institute of Medicine; Academy of Science of South Africa
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Tuberculosis (TB) kills approximately 4,500 people worldwide every day. While most cases of TB can be treated with antibiotics, some strains have developed drug resistance that makes their treatment more expensive, more toxic and less effective for the patient. The ...
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Front Matter	i-xviii
1 Introduction	1-8	(skim)
2 The Incidence of Drug-Resistant TB in Southern Africa	9-20	(skim)
3 Surveillance and Tracking of Drug-Resistant TB	21-30	(skim)
4 Transmission and Infection Control	31-42	(skim)
5 Diagnosis of Drug-Resistant TB	43-54	(skim)
6 Treatment of Drug-Resistant TB	55-72	(skim)
7 Drug-Resistant TB in Children	73-80	(skim)
8 Convergence of Science and Policy to Create a Blueprint for Action	81-88	(skim)
References	89-94	(skim)
Appendix A: Agenda	95-102	(skim)
Appendix B: Report from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Workshop	103-108	(skim)
Appendix C: Participant Biographies	109-128	(skim)

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Tuberculosis (TB) kills approximately 4,500 people worldwide every day. While most cases of TB can be treated with antibiotics, some strains have developed drug resistance that makes their treatment more expensive, more toxic and less effective for the patient. The IOM Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation and the Academy of Science of South Africa held a workshop to discuss ways to fight the growing threat of drug-resistant TB.

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