Comprehensive treatment of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 359, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 563-574

  Mitnick, Carole D ^a   Shin, Sonya S ^b   Seung, Kwonjune J ^c   Rich, Michael L ^c   Atwood, Sidney S ^b   Furin, Jennifer J ^b   Fitzmaurice, Garrett M ^b   Alcantara Viru, Felix A ^f   Appleton, Sasha C ^d   Bayona, Jaime N ^f   Bonilla, Cesar A ^g   Chalco, Katiuska ^f   Choi, Sharon ^c   Franke, Molly F ^d   Fraser, Hamish S F ^a   Guerra, Dalia ^f   Hurtado, Rocio M ^b   Jazayeri, Darius ^c   Joseph, Keith ^c   Llaro, Karim ^f   Mestanza, Lorena ^f   Mukherjee, Joia S ^c   Muñoz, Maribel ^f   Palacios, Eda ^f   Sanchez, Epifanio ^h   Sloutsky, Alexander ^e   Becerra, Mercedes C ^a   more..

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Massachusetts State Laboratory   (United States)

^f SOCIOS EN SALUD   (Peru)

^g MINISTERIO DE SALUD   (Peru)

^h Hospital Nacional Sergio E Bernales   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; CAPREOMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLOFAZIMINE; CYCLOSERINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; GATIFLOXACIN; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN; SPARFLOXACIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 49249098575     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa0800106     Document Type: Article

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