Treatment Outcomes and Long-term Survival in Patients with Extensively Drug-resistant Tuberculosis

Hyung Kim, Doh; Jin Kim, Hee; Park, Seung-Kyu; Kong, Suck-Jun; Sam Kim, Young; Kim, Tae‐Hyung; Kim, Eun‐Kyung; Man Lee, Ki; Soon Lee, Sung; Seuk Park, Jae; Koh, Won‐Jung; Lee, Chang‐Hoon; Kim, Ji‐Yeon; Sun Shim, Tae

doi:10.1164/rccm.200801-132oc

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Treatment Outcomes and Long-term Survival in Patients with Extensively Drug-resistant Tuberculosis

Published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine • Aug 14, 2008

Authors:

Doh Hyung Kim

Hee Jin Kim

Seung-Kyu Park

Abstract

RATIONALE: The increasing worldwide incidence of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) has emerged as a threat to public health and tuberculosis (TB) control. Treatment outcomes have varied among studies, and data on long-term survival are still scarce. OBJECTIVES: To retrospectively asse...

Subject

Medicine

Tuberculosis

Internal medicine

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