Relationship between chest radiographic characteristics, sputum bacterial load, and treatment outcomes in patients with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
Author(s) -
J.B. te Riele,
Virginia Buser,
G Calligaro,
Aliasgar Esmail,
Grant Theron,
Maia Lesosky,
Keertan Dheda
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2018.10.026
Subject(s) - medicine , chest radiograph , sputum , sputum culture , culture conversion , tuberculosis , radiography , adverse effect , radiological weapon , disease , surgery , pathology
Data about the relationship between chest radiographs and sputum bacillary load, with treatment outcomes, in patients with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) from HIV/TB endemic settings are limited.
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