Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, and Cost-effectiveness of Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis to Reduce Progression to Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis

Evidence-based recommendations for treating persons having presumed latent tuberculosis (LTBI) after contact to infectious multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) are lacking because published data consist of small observational studies. Tuberculosis incidence in persons treated for latent MDR -...

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Published in:	Clinical infectious diseases Vol. 64; no. 12; p. 1670
Main Authors:	Marks, Suzanne M, Mase, Sundari R, Morris, Sapna Bamrah
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 15.06.2017
Subjects:	Antitubercular Agents - administration & dosage Antitubercular Agents - economics Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use Cost-Benefit Analysis Disease Progression Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial - drug effects Ethambutol - economics Ethambutol - therapeutic use Fluoroquinolones - economics Fluoroquinolones - therapeutic use Humans Latent Tuberculosis - drug therapy Latent Tuberculosis - economics Pyrazinamide - economics Pyrazinamide - therapeutic use Treatment Outcome Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - drug therapy Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - economics treatment cost contacts tuberculosis multidrug-resistant
ISSN:	1537-6591, 1537-6591
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