Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Kharkiv, Ukraine, 2019-2023.

Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Kharkiv, Ukraine, 2019-2023.

Publication date: Mar 01, 2025

Rifampin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis was identified by the World Health Organization as a pathogen of public health critical importance. During 2014-2023, an increase in fluoroquinolone resistance in rifampin-resistant M. tuberculosis from Kharkiv, Ukraine, was observed. Efforts to mitigate factors contributing to resistance should be prioritized to prevent further escalation of that threat.

Concepts Keywords
Fluoroquinolone antimicrobial resistance
Mycobacterium Antitubercular Agents
Tuberculosis Antitubercular Agents
bacteria
drug resistance
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Fluoroquinolones
Fluoroquinolones
fluoroquinolones
History, 21st Century
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
respiratory infections
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant
Ukraine
Ukraine

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease MESH Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
drug DRUGBANK Rifampicin
disease IDO pathogen
disease MESH tuberculosis
pathway KEGG Tuberculosis
disease IDO bacteria
disease IDO history
disease MESH respiratory infections

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