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To the Editor: Twenty-three countries have reported >1 case of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB) (1 ); however, information about XDR TB is still incomplete.
By the end of 2008, 55 countries and territories had reported at least one case of extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB).
To compound this situation, 50 000 cases were reported as multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and 55 countries globally had reported at least one case of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) (WHO, 2009).
To date, 100 countries worldwide have reported at least one case of extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) (MDR-TB plus resistance to any fluoroquinolone and any second-line injectable drug) [ 11].
In case of extensively impaired physical or mental capacity a pragmatic and reduced test protocol is applied in their own home or where they are staying for the time being.
By the end of 2008, 55 countries and territories had reported at least one case of extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) which are defined as MDR strains that are also resistant to a fluoroquinolone (FQ) and at least one second-line injectable agent (amikacin (AM), kanamycin (KM) and/or capreomycin (CM)) [ 1].
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Forty-eight cases of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis have been reported in this country since 1993, with 12 fatalities, according to the disease centers.
According to a 2014 World Health Organization (WHO) report, 480,000 individuals world-wide developed multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and more than 100 countries have cases of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB).
In 2006, multiple cases of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB were reported in South Africa, raising concerns that XDR strains of M. tuberculosis are prevalent in other populations.
An estimated 440,000 cases were caused by multi-drug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) and Peru is one of the countries reporting cases of extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) [1].
Armenia reported 7 cases of extensively drug-resistant TB in 2011 (5 ).
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