Treatment outcomes for children with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Paediatric multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis is a public health challenge of growing concern, accounting for an estimated 15% of all global cases of MDR tuberculosis. Clinical management is especially challenging, and recommendations are based on restricted evidence. We aimed to assess existing...

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Published in:	The Lancet infectious diseases Vol. 12; no. 6; pp. 449 - 456
Main Authors:	Ettehad, Dena, Schaaf, H Simon, Seddon, James A, Cooke, Graham S, Ford, Nathan
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2012 Lancet Publishing Group Elsevier Limited
Subjects:	Antitubercular Agents - adverse effects Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Child Children Drug resistance Hearing loss Human bacterial diseases Humans Hypothyroidism Infectious Disease Infectious diseases Medical sciences Mycobacterium Nausea Pediatrics Public health Reviews Time Factors Treatment Outcome Tuberculosis Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - drug therapy Vomiting Human Infection Prognosis Treatment Tuberculosis Multiple resistance Bacteriosis Mycobacterial infection Child Bibliographic review
ISSN:	1473-3099, 1474-4457, 1474-4457
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