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MeSH Heading: Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Tree Number(s): C01.150.252.410.040.552.846.775.500
Unique ID: D054908
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D054908
Annotation: coordinate with specific type of tuberculosis + specific antitubercular agents if pertinent
Scope Note: Tuberculosis resistant to ISONIAZID and RIFAMPIN and at least three of the six main classes of second-line drugs (AMINOGLYCOSIDES; polypeptide agents; FLUOROQUINOLONES; THIOAMIDES; CYCLOSERINE; and PARA-AMINOSALICYLIC ACID) as defined by the CDC.
Entry Term(s): Extremely Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis, Extensively Drug-Resistant; Tuberculosis, Extremely Drug-Resistant; XDR-TB
Previous Indexing: Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant (2006-2007)
Public MeSH Note: 2008
History Note: 2008
Date Established: 2008/01/01
Date of Entry: 2007/07/09
Revision Date: 2019/06/17

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

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