Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) resistant to fluoroquinolones and streptomycin but susceptible to second-line injection therapy has a better prognosis than extensively drug-resistant TB

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) strains resistant to the fluoroquinolones and streptomycin but susceptible to second-line injection treatment would not be defined as extensively drug-resistant TB. In a cohort of 174 patients with multidrug-resistant TB, we demonstrated that 12 patients with mu...

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Published in:	Clinical infectious diseases Vol. 48; no. 5; p. e50
Main Authors:	Chan, Edward D, Strand, Matthew J, Iseman, Michael D
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.03.2009
Subjects:	Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use Cohort Studies Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis - diagnosis Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis - drug therapy Fluoroquinolones - therapeutic use Humans Prognosis Streptomycin - therapeutic use Treatment Outcome Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - diagnosis Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - drug therapy
ISSN:	1537-6591, 1537-6591
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