Treatment efficacy of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Bashkortostan, Russia: A retrospective cohort study
Author(s) -
Milyausha M. Yunusbaeva,
Liliya Borodina,
Pavel Alekseev,
Rostislav Davydov,
Ural Yunusbaev,
Р. А. Шарипов,
Fanil Bilalov,
Bayazit Yunusbayev
Publication year - 2019
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.2019.02.010
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , extensively drug resistant tuberculosis , retrospective cohort study , drug resistance , multiple drug resistance , drug , culture conversion , cohort , cohort study , surgery , mycobacterium tuberculosis , pulmonary tuberculosis , pharmacology , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Russia, together with other former Soviet Union countries, is characterized by one of the highest burdens of drug-resistant tuberculosis. Published data on the drug-resistant tuberculosis for these countries are limited, and it is not clear whether current treatment regimens remain effective against constantly evolving drug-resistant strains.
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