Correlates of treatment outcomes and drug resistance among pulmonary tuberculosis patients attending tertiary care hospitals of Kolkata, India.

Correlates of treatment outcomes and drug resistance among pulmonary tuberculosis patients attending tertiary care hospitals of Kolkata, India.

Worldwide highest number of new pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) cases, was reported from India in 2012. Adverse treatment outcomes and emergence of drug resistance further complicated the prevailing scenario owing to increased duration, cost and toxicity associated with the treatment of drug-resistant...

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Main Authors: Avranil Goswami, Urmita Chakraborty, Tanmay Mahapatra, Sanchita Mahapatra, Tapajyoti Mukherjee, Shibali Das, Aritra Das, Subir Kumar Dey, Sudhin Ray, Basudev Bhattacharya, Nishith Kumar Pal
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4188738?pdf=render

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