Long-term follow-up for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

Long-term follow-up for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

Patients treated in Peru for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) were followed-up for a median of 67 months. Among 86 patients considered cured after completion of treatment, 97% remain healthy; 1 patient relapsed. Employment increased from 34% before treatment to 71%. We observed favorable lo...

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Veröffentlicht in:Emerging infectious diseases 2006-04, Vol.12 (4), p.687-688
Hauptverfasser: Shin, Sonya S, Furin, Jennifer J, Alcántara, Felix, Bayona, Jaime, Sánchez, Epifanio, Mitnick, Carole D
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Antitubercular Agents
Care and treatment
Causes of
Dispatch
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
employment
follow-up
Humans
multidrug resistance
Mycobacterium tuberculosis - drug effects
outcomes
Patients
Peru
Peru - epidemiology
Retrospective Studies
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis - drug therapy
Tuberculosis - epidemiology
Tuberculosis - microbiology
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Zusammenfassung:Patients treated in Peru for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) were followed-up for a median of 67 months. Among 86 patients considered cured after completion of treatment, 97% remain healthy; 1 patient relapsed. Employment increased from 34% before treatment to 71%. We observed favorable long-term outcomes among MDR-TB patients.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1204.041256