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Long-Term Mortality and Active Tuberculosis Disease Among Patients Who Were Lost to Follow-Up During Second-Line Tuberculosis Treatment in 2011–2014: Population-Based Study in the Country of Georgia

BACKGROUND: High rates of loss to follow-up (LFU) exist among patients with multidrug and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (M/XDR TB). We aimed to identify long-term clinical outcomes of patients who were LFU during second-line TB treatment. METHODS: We conducted a follow-up study among adult...

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Autores principales: Kuchukhidze, Giorgi, Baliashvili, Davit, Adamashvili, Natalia, Kasradze, Ana, Kempker, Russell R, Magee, Matthew J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8231391/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34189157
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab127