Surgery as an Adjunctive Treatment for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: An Individual Patient Data Metaanalysis

Medical treatment for multidrug-resistant (MDR)-tuberculosis is complex, toxic, and associated with poor outcomes. Surgical lung resection may be used as an adjunct to medical therapy, with the intent of reducing bacterial burden and improving cure rates. We conducted an individual patient data meta...

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Published in:	Clinical infectious diseases Vol. 62; no. 7; pp. 887 - 895
Main Authors:	Fox, Gregory J, Mitnick, Carole D, Benedetti, Andrea, Chan, Edward D, Becerra, Mercedes, Chiang, Chen-Yuan, Keshavjee, Salmaan, Koh, Won-Jung, Shiraishi, Yuji, Viiklepp, Piret, Yim, Jae-Joon, Pasvol, Geoffrey, Robert, Jerome, Shim, Tae Sun, Shin, Sonya S, Menzies, Dick, Ahuja, S, Ashkin, D, Avendaño, M, Banerjee, R, Bauer, M, Burgos, M, Centis, R, Cobelens, F, Cox, H, D'Ambrosio, L, de Lange, W C M, DeRiemer, K, Enarson, D, Falzon, D, Flanagan, K, Flood, J, Gandhi, N, Garcia-Garcia, L, Granich, R M, Hollm-Delgado, M G, Holtz, T H, Hopewell, P, Iseman, M, Jarlsberg, L G, Kim, H R, Lancaster, J, Lange, C, Leimane, V, Leung, C C, Li, J, Menzies, D, Migliori, G B, Narita, M, Nathanson, E, Odendaal, R, O'Riordan, P, Pai, M, Palmero, D, Park, S K, Pena, J, Pérez-Guzmán, C, Ponce-de-Leon, A, Quelapio, M I D, Quy, H T, Riekstina, V, Royce, S, Salim, M, Schaaf, H S, Seung, K J, Shah, L, Shean, K, Sifuentes-Osornio, J, Sotgiu, G, Strand, M J, Sung, S W, Tabarsi, P, Tupasi, T E, Vargas, M H, van Altena, R, van der Walt, M, van der Werf, T S, Westenhouse, J, Yew, W W
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.04.2016
Subjects:	Adult Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use Combined Modality Therapy Female Humans Male Middle Aged Pneumonectomy - statistics & numerical data Treatment Outcome Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - drug therapy Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - epidemiology Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - surgery Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - drug therapy Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - epidemiology Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - surgery metaanalysis multidrug resistant tuberculosis pneumonectomy individual patient data thoracic surgery
ISSN:	1537-6591
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