Treatment of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Tomsk, Russia: a retrospective cohort study

Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains that cause untreatable drug-resistant disease are a threat worldwide. We describe the treatment, management, and outcomes of patients with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Tomsk, Russia. We undertook a retrospective cohort study of 608 patients with multi...

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Published in:	The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 372; no. 9647; pp. 1403 - 1409
Main Authors:	Keshavjee, Salmaan, Gelmanova, Irina Y, Farmer, Paul E, Mishustin, Sergey P, Strelis, Aivar K, Andreev, Yevgeny G, Pasechnikov, Alexander D, Atwood, Sidney, Mukherjee, Joia S, Rich, Michael L, Furin, Jennifer J, Nardell, Edward A, Kim, Jim Y, Shin, Sonya S
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 18.10.2008 Elsevier Limited
Subjects:	Adult Antitubercular Agents - administration & dosage Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use Chemotherapy Cohort Studies Drug Therapy, Combination Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis - drug therapy Female Humans Infectious diseases Inpatient care Internal Medicine Male Mortality Mycobacterium tuberculosis Patients Public private partnerships Retrospective Studies Rural Population Russia Treatment Outcome Tuberculosis Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - drug therapy Russia
ISSN:	0140-6736, 1474-547X, 1474-547X
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