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Causes & Effects of MDR TB | Assignment Hep

   

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Running head: ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES 1Causes & Effects of MDR-TBAuthor Name(s)InstitutionAuthor Note
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2AbstractMDR-TB is the short form of Multi Drug Resistant TB. As the name suggests, MDR-TB is a specific condition where someone becomes resistant to TB drugs. There are basically two primary TB drugs. These are the isoniazid (INH), and the other one is rifampicin (RMP). When someone is said to be resistant to TB drugs, it means that these two drugs can no longer alleviate the conditions. There is always a strong assumption of drug resistance, especially where a personhad a history of treatment failures or just a halted treatment. Keywords: Tuberculosis, Resistance, MDR-TB, Isoniazid, Rifampicin
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3Causes & Effects of MDR-TB MDR-TB is a tuberculosis resistance conditions that develop as a high-level non-response to the two drugs, the isoniazid, and rifampicin. Currently, Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the major infectious which is causing the global mortality. Many believe that nonadherence to the treatment and is the main cause of MDR-TB. Despite that, there has never been a sound reason as to why patients result to nonadherence.Causes of MDR-TBThere are mainly three causes of MDR-TB. Some of these are the errors in the medical field, basic microbiology, and patient non-compliance (Günther et al., 2016). Fundamental microbiology is concerned more with microbiological adaptations. That is the evolving nature of the living organism. Gagneux, (2012) states that bacterial pathogens evolve in the human hosts and there is nothing that can prevent such development. However, people can correct the medicalerrors and encourage patient compliance to prevented the adaptation. In medical science, pathogens acquire drug resistance from particular genetic mutations. This modification enables them to withstand the presence of their counterpart drugs. In social science, the failure to prescribe correct drug regimen to the patient, or their non-compliance with the required drug plan allows TB pathogens to acquire drug-resistant mutation (Thomas et al., 2016). Therefore, access to accurate public health services and effective chemotherapy is one paramount factor for the reduction of MDR-TB epidemics (Banin, Hughes & Kuipers, 2017). Lack of awareness and proper TB treatment is a significant factor for the expansion of MDR-TB. This claim is evident in the wrong consumption of the accessible anti-TB drugs and DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment Short Course). The study of (Trauner, Borrell, Reither & Gagneux, 2014) discovered that limited knowledge of TB treatment chemotherapeutic
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