Predictors of unsuccessful interim treatment outcomes of multidrug resistant tuberculosis patients.

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Predictors of unsuccessful interim treatment outcomes of multidrug resistant tuberculosis patients.

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BackgroundInterim treatment outcomes at 6-months for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) treatment are among the most basic performance monitoring and key evaluation indicators in the Stop and End TB strategy of the World Health Organization (WHO). Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate the interim treatment outcomes of MDR-TB patients in Pakistan.MethodsThis study was conducted at the Programmatic Management Unit for Drug-resistance TB (PMDT) site of the National Tuberculosis ...

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Journal article

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2017-09

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Atif, Muhammad / Bashir, Arslan / Ahmad, Nafees / Fatima, Razia Kaneez / Saba, Sehar / Scahill, Shane

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https://hdl.handle.net/2292/65286

Related subjects

Humans / Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Creatinine / Ofloxacin / Antitubercular Agents / Treatment Outcome / Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Risk Factors / Retrospective Studies / Cohort Studies / Patient Compliance / Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / Adolescent / Adult / Middle Aged / Pakistan / Female / Male / Lost to Follow-Up / 32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences / 3202 Clinical Sciences / Infectious Diseases / Antimicrobial Resistance / Emerging Infectious Diseases / Clinical Research / Prevention / Lung / Patient Safety / Tuberculosis / Rare Diseases / Infection / 3 Good Health and Well Being / 1117 Public Health and Health Services / Clinical / Clinical Medicine and Science / 0605 Microbiology / 1103 Clinical Sciences / 1108 Medical Microbiology / 3207 Medical microbiology / 4206 Public health

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