Development of Extensively Drug-resistant Tuberculosis during Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis Treatment
Shin SS, Keshavjee S, Gelmanova IY, Atwood S, Franke MF, Mishustin SP, Strelis AK, Andreev YG, Pasechnikov AD, Barnashov A, Tonkel TP, Cohen T. Development of Extensively Drug-resistant Tuberculosis during Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis Treatment. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2010, 182: 426-432. PMID: 20413630, PMCID: PMC2921603, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200911-1768oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMDR-TB treatmentXDR-TBDrug-resistant tuberculosisMultidrug-resistant (MDR) TBMDR-TB treatment programmeExtensively Drug-Resistant TuberculosisMultidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatmentCox proportional hazards modelDevelopment of XDRMDR-TB therapyTB treatment servicesAmplification of resistanceProportional hazards modelThreefold increaseMDR-TBCavitary lesionsConsecutive patientsAppropriate therapyClinical outcomesTreatment adherenceTuberculosis treatmentInjectable antibioticsTimely initiationPrescribed drugsRetrospective analysis