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Revista de la Universidad Industrial de Santander. Salud
versión impresa ISSN 0121-0807
Resumen
ACEVEDO, German A; VEGA, Agustín y RIBON, Wellman. Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Rev. Univ. Ind. Santander. Salud [online]. 2013, vol.45, n.3, pp.87-92. ISSN 0121-0807.
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In 2010, there were 8.8 million incident cases in the world, and, in recent years, populations of mycobacteria with resistance to first-line drugs have emerged. The resistance to rifampin and isoniazid has been defined as multidrugresistant tuberculosis (TB MDR). TB MDR has an incidence of approximately 3.6% in the world. This review will focus on the current stage TB MDR in the world, including a regional analysis of Colombian cases. It will discuss the mechanism of resistance of the microorganism, genes involved, and the risk factors associated with the generation of resistance in some communities
Palabras clave : Tuberculosis; multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; risk factors.