Risk factors for high death and loss-to-follow-up rates among patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis at a programmatic management unit

Highlights • Despite programmatic efforts, high death and loss to follow up rates are alarming. • Ofloxacin resistance and baseline low body weight emerged as risk factors for death. • This stresses for preserving susceptibility to fluoroquinolones. • Rural residence emerged as a risk factor for los...

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Veröffentlicht in:American journal of infection control 2017-02, Vol.45 (2), p.190-193
Hauptverfasser: Javaid, Arshad, Shaheen, Zubair, Shafqat, Muhammad, MBBS, Khan, Amer Hayat, PhD, Ahmad, Nafees, MSc, PhD
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