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. 1987 Jul;81(3):268-71.
doi: 10.1016/0007-0971(87)90160-4.

Short-course antituberculous chemotherapy for pulmonary and pleural disease: 5 years' experience in clinical practice

L P Ormerod  1 , N Horsfield
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Short-course antituberculous chemotherapy for pulmonary and pleural disease: 5 years' experience in clinical practice

L P Ormerod et al. Br J Dis Chest. 1987 Jul.

Abstract

One hundred and twenty-four patients have been treated with 6-month regimens for pulmonary and pleural tuberculosis over 5 years; 118 patients have completed treatment as planned. No patient has relapsed of the 109 followed up for 15 months from the end of chemotherapy, or in the remaining nine patients still under observation. Significant drug side effects requiring alteration of treatment occurred in only three patients. Six-month regimens in routine practice are well tolerated and are highly effective.

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