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Recurrence after Treatment for Pulmonary Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis.
- Source :
- Clinical Infectious Diseases; 9/15/2010, Vol. 51 Issue 6, p709-711, 3p, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- We estimated the proportion of recurrence within 2 years among adults cured by individualized multidrug-resistant tuberculosis regimens in Peru. Among 310 individuals with at least 24 months of follow-up, 16 experienced an episode of recurrent tuberculosis. If we assume the worst for treatment effectiveness—that all 16 episodes were caused by the original tuberculosis strain—then 5.2% (95% confidence interval, 3.0%-8.2%) experienced true relapse. This is an upper-bound estimate of relapse on which new regimens must improve. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10584838
- Volume :
- 51
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 53390798
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1086/655892