The effect of early versus late treatment initiation after diagnosis on the outcomes of patients treated for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a systematic review

BACKGROUND: Globally it is estimated that 480 000 people developed multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in 2014 and 190 000 people died from the disease. Successful treatment outcomes are achieved in only 50 % of patients with MDR-TB, compared to 86 % for drug susceptible disease. It is widely...

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Autores principales: Harris, Rebecca C., Grandjean, Louis, Martin, Laura J., Miller, Alexander J. P., Nkang, Joseph-Egre N., Allen, Victoria, Khan, Mishal S., Fielding, Katherine, Moore, David A. J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4855810/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27142682
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1524-0

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