The effect of surgery on the outcome of treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: In 2014 only 50 % of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients achieved a successful treatment outcome. With limited options for medical treatment, surgery has re-emerged as an adjuvant therapeutic strategy. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the eviden...

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Autores principales: Harris, Rebecca C., Khan, Mishal S., Martin, Laura J., Allen, Victoria, Moore, David A. J., Fielding, Katherine, Grandjean, Louis
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/PMC4901410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27283524
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1585-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4901410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27283524
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1585-0

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