Ambulatory management of pre- and extensively drug resistant tuberculosis patients with imipenem delivered through port-a-cath: A mixed methods study on treatment outcomes and challenges

BACKGROUND: Imipenem, an intravenous antibiotic is recommended for use in drug resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) when an effective regimen with combination of other second line drugs is not possible. Though the treatment success rates with carbapenems are promising, the twice daily injection of Imipene...

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Autores principales: Chavan, Vijay Vinayak, Dalal, Alpa, Nagaraja, Sharath, Thekkur, Pruthu, Mansoor, Homa, Meneguim, Augusto, Paryani, Roma, Singh, Pramila, Kalon, Stobdan, Das, Mrinalini, Ferlazzo, Gabriella, Isaakidis, Petros
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7297304/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32544174
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234651

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