Publication: Treatment Outcomes for Adolescents With Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Lima, Peru
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2016
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Tierney, Dylan B., Meredith B. Milstein, Justin Manjourides, Jennifer J. Furin, and Carole D. Mitnick. 2016. “Treatment Outcomes for Adolescents With Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Lima, Peru.” Global Pediatric Health 3 (1): 2333794X16674382. doi:10.1177/2333794X16674382. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333794X16674382.
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Treatment outcomes for adolescents with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis are rarely reported and, to date, have been poor. Among 90 adolescents from Lima, Peru, 68 (75.6%) achieved cure or completion of treatment. Unsuccessful treatment was less common in the Peru cohort than previously described in the literature.
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tuberculosis, drug-resistance, adolescent medicine, infectious diseases, treatment
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