title: The burden of drug-resistant tuberculosis and mechanisms for its control.
abstract: Drug resistance in tuberculosis is largely a man-made phenomenon caused by erroneous prescribing practices on the part of physicians and noncompliance on the part of patients. The global epidemiology of drug-resistant TB, the impact of standardized short-course chemotherapy (SSC), and the potential future evolution of MDR TB are discussed in this chapter.
authors.affiliation: Communicable Diseases, Stop TB, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. raviglionem@who.int
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Raviglione
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Dye
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Espinal
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents