Loss from treatment for drug resistant tuberculosis: risk factors and patient outcomes in a community-based program in Khayelitsha, South Africa.

A community based drug resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) program has been incrementally implemented in Khayelitsha, a high HIV and TB burden community in South Africa. We investigated loss from treatment (LFT), and post treatment outcomes of DR-TB patients in this setting.LFT, defined as interruption o...

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Main Authors: Sizulu Moyo, Helen S Cox, Jennifer Hughes, Johnny Daniels, Leigh Synman, Virginia De Azevedo, Amir Shroufi, Vivian Cox, Gilles van Cutsem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4364980?pdf=render