Treatment outcomes of isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis patients, Western Cape Province, South Africa

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2011
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Jacobson K.R.
Theron D.
Victor T.C.
Streicher E.M.
Warren R.M.
Murray M.B.
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We report treatment outcomes from a retrospective cohort of patients with isoniazid-monoresistant tuberculosis in rural South Africa. Sixteen percent of patients had poor outcomes, 61% of whom progressed to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. These data reveal the need for early identification and aggressive follow-up of isoniazid monoresistance to increase treatment success. © The Author 2011. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved.
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Clinical Infectious Diseases
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