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. 2012 Jul;18(7):1201-2.
doi: 10.3201/eid1807.120261.

Treatment duration for patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis, United States

Carla A Winston, Kiren Mitruka

Treatment duration for patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis, United States

Carla A Winston et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Jul.
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Treatment duration, by drug-resistance pattern, among reported tuberculosis case-patients who completed treatment, United States, 2006. Cases were among patients who were alive and initiated therapy at diagnosis and who had start and end therapy dates as well as results for initial drug susceptibility testing to isoniazid, rifampin, and ethambutol. Susceptibility testing was conducted on culture-positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from any specimen type.
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