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Treatment Outcomes of Isoniazid-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: We report treatment outcomes from a retrospective cohort of patients with isoniazid-monoresistant tuberculosis in rural South Africa. Sixteen percent of patients had poor outcomes, 61% of whom progressed to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. These data reveal the need for early identification and aggressive follow-up of isoniazid monoresistance to increase treatment success.

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases

DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir406

Authors: K. R. Jacobson, D. Theron, T. C. Victor, E. M. Streicher, R. M. Warren, M. B. Murray

Institutions: Massachusetts General Hospital, Stellenbosch University, National Research Foundation, Harvard University

Language: English

Topic: Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases