Time to culture conversion and regimen composition in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment.

Time to culture conversion and regimen composition in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment.

Sputum cultures are an important tool in monitoring the response to tuberculosis treatment, especially in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. There has, however, been little study of the effect of treatment regimen composition on culture conversion. Well-designed clinical trials of new anti-tuberculos...

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Main Authors: Dylan B Tierney, Molly F Franke, Mercedes C Becerra, Félix A Alcántara Virú, César A Bonilla, Epifanio Sánchez, Dalia Guerra, Maribel Muñoz, Karim Llaro, Eda Palacios, Lorena Mestanza, Rocío M Hurtado, Jennifer J Furin, Sonya Shin, Carole D Mitnick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4169600?pdf=render

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