The definition of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) has been revised by the World Health Organization (WHO)'s Global TB Programme, who have also defined pre-XDR-TB for the first time, ...

Infection control practices for detecting and treating patients infected with emerging multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria vary significantly between hospitals. A study including a consortium ...

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has published a report on the definition of treatment-resistant depression (TRD), and the absence of a consensus definition seems to inhibit ...

Resistant hypertension as defined by the European Society of Hypertension and American Heart Association is a blood pressure that remains uncontrolled despite concomitant intake of at least three ...

For the first time, the American Heart Association has issued guidelines to help patients and healthcare providers tackle resistant high blood pressure that seems to defy treatment. The guidelines are ...