Comparison of the effectiveness of WHO short-course chemotherapy and standard Russian antituberculous regimens in Tomsk, western Siberia

Lancet

Volumn 358, Issue 9280, 2001, Pages 445-449

  Mawer, C ^a   Ignatenko, N V ^a   Wares, D F ^a   Strelis, A K ^c   Golubchikova, V T ^b   Yanova, G V ^c   Lyagoshina, T V ^a   Sharaburova, O E ^b   Banatvala, N ^a,d  

^a Medical Emergency Relief International   (United Kingdom)

^b Tomsk Oblast TB Dispensary   (Russian Federation)

^c SIBERIAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d Suffolk Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL PNEUMOTHORAX; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SIDE EFFECT; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0035845257     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(01)05621-5     Document Type: Article

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