Management of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Peru: cure is possible.

AIM: To describe the incidence of extensive drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) reported in the Peruvian National multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) registry over a period of more than ten years and present the treatment outcomes for a cohort of these patients. METHODS: From the Peruvian MDR...

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Main Authors: Cesar A Bonilla, Aldo Crossa, Hector O Jave, Carole D Mitnick, Ronal B Jamanca, Cesar Herrera, Luis Asencios, Alberto Mendoza, Jaime Bayona, Matteo Zignol, Ernesto Jaramillo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2495032?pdf=render