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SUBMITTER: Kurbatova EV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4451908 | biostudies-other | 2015 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Kurbatova Ekaterina V EV Dalton Tracy T Ershova Julia J Tupasi Thelma T Caoili Janice Campos JC Van Der Walt Martie M Kvasnovsky Charlotte C Yagui Martin M Bayona Jaime J Contreras Carmen C Leimane Vaira V Via Laura E LE Kim HeeJin H Akksilp Somsak S Kazennyy Boris Y BY Volchenkov Grigory V GV Jou Ruwen R Kliiman Kai K Demikhova Olga V OV Cegielski J Peter JP
Emerging infectious diseases 20150601 6
Data from a large multicenter observational study of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) were analyzed to simulate the possible use of 2 new approaches to treatment of MDR TB: a short (9-month) regimen and a bedaquiline-containing regimen. Of 1,254 patients, 952 (75.9%) had no resistance to fluoroquinolones and second-line injectable drugs and thus would qualify as candidates for the 9-month regimen; 302 (24.1%) patients with resistance to a fluoroquinolone or second-line inj ...[more]