Contributions of culture and antimicrobial susceptibility tests to the retreatment of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

Introduction This study evaluated the efficacy of retreatment of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) with regard to treatment outcomes and antimicrobial susceptibility testing (ST) profiles. Methods This retrospective cohort study analyzed 144 patients treated at a referral hospital in Brazil. All of them...

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Main Authors: Bruno Horta Andrade, Dirceu Bartolomeu Greco, Maria Tereza da Costa Oliveira, Natalia Priscila Lacerda, Ricardo de Amorim Correa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2013-08-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822013000400441&lng=en&tlng=en