High cure rate with standardised short-course multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment in Niger: no relapses

Piubello, Alberto; Hassane Harouna, Souleymane; Bassirou Souleymane, Mahamadou; Boukary, Ibrahim; Morou, Soumaila; Daouda, M.; Hanki, Yahayé; Van Deun, Armand

doi:10.5588/ijtld.13.0075

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High cure rate with standardised short-course multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment in Niger: no relapses

Published in The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease • Sep 11, 2014

Authors:

Alberto Piubello

Souleymane Hassane Harouna

Mahamadou Bassirou Souleymane

Abstract

SETTING: Niger National Tuberculosis Programme. Regions supported by the Damien Foundation. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of a short-course standardised treatment regimen for patients with proven multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) previously untreated with second-line drugs. METHOD...

Subject

Medicine

Pyrazinamide

Ethambutol

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