Survival of civilian and prisoner drug-sensitive, multi- and extensive drug- resistant tuberculosis cohorts prospectively followed in Russia.

OBJECTIVE AND METHODS: A long-term observational study was conducted in Samara, Russia to assess the survival and risk factors for death of a cohort of non-multidrug resistant tuberculosis (non-MDRTB) and multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB) civilian and prison patients and a civilian extensive...

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Main Authors: Yanina Balabanova, Vladyslav Nikolayevskyy, Olga Ignatyeva, Irina Kontsevaya, Clare M Rutterford, Anastasiya Shakhmistova, Nadezhda Malomanova, Yulia Chinkova, Svetlana Mironova, Ivan Fedorin, Francis A Drobniewski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3112205?pdf=render