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Treatment outcomes for adolescents with multidrug-resistant TB in Lima, Peru

Dylan B. Tierney et al.
Dec. 6, 2016, 9:32 p.m.

Abstract

Treatment outcomes for adolescents with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis are rarely reported and, to date, have been poor. Among 90 adolescents from Lima, Peru, 68 (75.6%) achieved cure or completion of treatment. Unsuccessful treatment was less common in the Peru cohort than previously described in the literature.


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Source: Global Pediatric Health