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Follow-up of patients with multidrug resistant tuberculosis four years after standardized first-line drug treatment.
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, Vol 5, Iss 5, p e10799 (2010)
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010.
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Abstract
- BACKGROUND: In 2004, an anti-tuberculosis (TB) drug resistance survey in Heilongjiang province, China, enrolled 1574 (79%) new and 421 (21%) retreatment patients. Multi-drug resistant (MDR) TB was detected in 7.2% of new and 30.4% of retreatment patients. All received treatment with standardized first-line drug (FLD) regimens. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We report treatment outcomes of the 2004 cohort, and long-term outcomes as assessed in the second half of 2008. The reported cure rate for MDR-TB patients was 83% (94/113) among new and 66% (85/128) among retreatment patients (P
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 5
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.2cbd5d1aa144ea9913efa77a747ad45
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010799