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Survival of civilian and prisoner drug-sensitive, multi- and extensive drug- resistant tuberculosis cohorts prospectively followed in Russia.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Balabanova Yanina, Nikolayevskyy Vladyslav, Ignatyeva Olga, Kontsevaya Irina, Rutterford Clare M, Shakhmistova Anastasiya, Malomanova Nadezhda, Chinkova Yulia, Mironova Svetlana, Fedorin Ivan, Drobniewski Francis A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE AND METHODS: A long-term observational study was conducted in Samara, Russia to assess the survival and risk factors for death of a cohort of non-multidrug resistant tuberculosis (non-MDRTB) and multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB) civilian and prison patients and a civilian extensive drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDRTB) cohort. RESULTS: MDRTB and XDRTB rates of 54.8% and 11.1% were identified in the...
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