Treatment effectiveness and outcome in patients with a relapse and newly diagnosed multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis
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Date
2020-05
Authors
Butov, Dmytro
Myasoedov, Valery
Gumeniuk, Mykola
Gumeniuk, Galyna
Choporova, Oleksandra
Tkachenko, Anton
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Medicinski glasnik
Abstract
Standard treatment effectiveness in patients with newly diagnosed MDR-TB manifested by faster improvement and stabilization of health, earlier sputum culture and smear conversion, higher frequency of cavity closure and achievement of certain clinical and radiographic improvement against the background of fewer cases of treatment failure and a higher number of cured patients compared with MDR-TB relapse.
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Keywords
tuberculosis, relapce, firstly diagnosed tuberculosis, micobacterium, X-ray, culture, microscopy
Citation
Treatment effectiveness and outcome in patients with a relapse and newly diagnosed multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis / D. O. Butov, V. V. Myasoedov, M. S. Gumenuk [et al.] // Medicinski glasnik. – 2020. – Vol. 17, № 2. – P. 356–362.