title: Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Patients for Whom First-Line Treatment Failed, Mongolia, 2010-2011.
abstract: In Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) was diagnosed for more than a third of new sputum smear-positive tuberculosis patients for whom treatment had failed. This finding suggests a significant risk for community-acquired MDR TB and a need to make rapid molecular drug susceptibility testing available to more people.
authors.forename: Claudia C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Dobler
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Korver
authors.forename: Ochirbat
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Batbayar
authors.forename: Batiargal
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nyamdulam
authors.forename: Sodnomdarjaa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oyuntsetseg
authors.forename: Bold
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tsolmon
authors.forename: Bazarragchaa
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Surmaajav
authors.forename: Byambaa
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bayarjargal
authors.forename: Ben J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Marais
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D008986:Mongolia / Q000453:epidemiology; D012306:Risk; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D017211:Treatment Failure; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*
keywords: Mongolia; antimicrobial resistance; bacteria; category I treatment; drug susceptibility testing; multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; new sputum smear-positive patients; respiratory infections; treatment failure; tuberculosis; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria