How do patients who fail first-line TB treatment but who are not placed on an MDR-TB regimen fare in South India?

How do patients who fail first-line TB treatment but who are not placed on an MDR-TB regimen fare in South India?

SETTING: Seven districts in Andhra Pradesh, South India. OBJECTIVES: To a) determine treatment outcomes of patients who fail first line anti-TB treatment and are not placed on an multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) regimen, and b) relate the treatment outcomes to culture and drug susceptibility pattern...

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Main Authors: Sharath Burugina Nagaraja, Srinath Satyanarayana, Sarabjit Singh Chadha, Santosha Kalemane, Jyoti Jaju, Shanta Achanta, Kishore Reddy, Vishnu Potharaju, Srinivas Rao Motta Shamrao, Puneet Dewan, Zachariah Rony, Shailaja Tetali, Raghupathi Anchala, Nanda Kishore Kannuri, Anthony David Harries, Sachdeva Kuldeep Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3191158?pdf=render

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