Antimicrobial drug resistant features of Mycobacterium tuberculosis associated with treatment failure

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 18; no. 10; p. e0293194
• Main Authors: Mushtaq, Fizza, Raza, Syed Mohsin, Ahmad, Adeel, Aslam, Hina, Adeel, Atiqa, Saleem, Sidrah, Ahmad, Irfan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Francisco, CA USA Public Library of Science 26.10.2023; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Amino acids; Antitubercular agents; Biology and Life Sciences; Care and treatment; Codon; Drug resistance; Drug resistance in microorganisms; Drug therapy; Genetic transcription; Health aspects; Medical research; Medicine and Health Sciences; Medicine, Experimental; Mortality; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Pakistan; Patient outcomes; Tuberculosis; Pakistan

Tuberculosis stands as a prominent cause of mortality in developing countries. The treatment of tuberculosis involves a complex procedure requiring the administration of a panel of at least four antimicrobial drugs for the duration of six months. The occurrence of treatment failure after the complet...