Linkage of presumptive multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients to diagnostic and treatment services in Cambodia.

Autor: Sokhan Khann, Eang Tan Mao, Yadav Prasad Rajendra, Srinath Satyanarayana, Sharath Burugina Nagaraja, Ajay M V Kumar
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: PLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 4, p e59903 (2013)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059903
Popis: SETTING: National Tuberculosis Programme, Cambodia. OBJECTIVE: In a cohort of TB patients, to ascertain the proportion of patients who fulfil the criteria for presumptive MDR-TB, assess whether they underwent investigation for MDR-TB, and the results of the culture and drug susceptibility testing (DST). METHODS: A cross sectional record review of TB patients registered for treatment between July-December 2011. RESULTS: Of 19,236 TB patients registered, 409 (2%) fulfilled the criteria of presumptive MDR-TB; of these, 187 (46%) were examined for culture. This proportion was higher among relapse, failure, return after default (RAD) and non-converters at 3 months of new smear positive TB patients (>60%) as compared to non-converters at 2 months of new TB cases (
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