Progress in diagnosis and selection of drug resistance therapy for childhood tuberculosis

VernacularTitle:儿童结核病的诊断进展及耐药治疗的选择
Author: Shanjia CHEN ¹ ; Haoxiang GU
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1. 上海市儿童医院
Keywords: Child; Tuberculosis; Diagnosis; Drug－resistant; Treatment
From: Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics 2019;34(6):472-474
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Diagnosis of tuberculosis in children is challenging. Traditional and molecular microbiologic methods lack sensitivity,particularly in children. With the development of science and technology,more and more testing me﹣thods are applied in clinical practice,so that tuberculosis(TB)can be diagnosed in time and treated at the right time. TB is still one of the most difficult infectious diseases to treat,and the second most frequent cause of death due to infec﹣tious disease throughout the World. The number of cases of multidrug － resistant TB( MDR － TB)and extensively drug－resistant TB(ⅩDR－TB),Which are characterized by high mortality rates,is increasing. Therefore,appropriate drug selection is particularly critical in the treatment of drug－resistant tuberculosis.