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2. How many sputum culture results do we need to monitor multidrug-resistant-tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients during treatment?

Author

Janssen S, Padanilam X, Louw R, Mahanyele R, Coetzee G, Hänscheid T, Leenstra T, and Grobusch MP

Subjects
Adult, Antitubercular Agents pharmacology, Antitubercular Agents therapeutic use, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Middle Aged, Time Factors, Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant drug therapy, Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug effects, Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth & development, Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolation & purification, Sputum microbiology, Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant diagnosis
Abstract

Discharge of a hospital patient after a single negative sputum culture may save money when treating multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. However, after initial sputum conversion in 336 South Africans, 11.6% and 5.4% reconverted after 1 and 2 months, respectively. These findings endorse the WHO definitions of 2 negative cultures taken ≥ 30 days apart after sputum culture conversion.

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2013
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