Effects of Treatment Interruption Patterns on Treatment Success Among Patients With Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Armenia and Abkhazia
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Journal of Infectious DiseasesAbstract
The success of the current treatment regimen for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is poor partly due to a high defaulter rate. Many studies explored predictors of poor outcomes, but very few assessed the impact of treatment interruptions on MDR-TB treatment outcomes.Publisher
Oxford University PressPubMed ID
25312040Language
enISSN
1537-6613ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1093/infdis/jiu551
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