Outcome of MDR-TB patients, 1983-1993: Prolonged survival with appropriate therapy

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 317-324

  Park, Maryann M ^a   Davis, Anne L ^a   Schluger, Neil W ^a   Cohen, Henry ^a   Rom, William N ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030058146     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.153.1.8542137     Document Type: Article

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