Community-Based Therapy for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Lima, Peru | Zendy

Carole D. Mitnick | Zendy; Jaime Bayona | Zendy; Eda Palacios | Zendy; Sonya Shin | Zendy; Jennifer Furin | Zendy; Félix Alcántara | Zendy; Epifanio Sánchez | Zendy; Madeleny Sarria | Zendy; Mercedes C. Becerra | Zendy; Mary C. Smith Fawzi | Zendy; Saidi Kapiga | Zendy; Doneuberg | Zendy; James H. Maguire | Zendy; Jim Yong Kim | Zendy; Paul Farmer | Zendy

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Community-Based Therapy for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Lima, Peru

Author(s) -

Carole D. Mitnick,

Jaime Bayona,

Eda Palacios,

Sonya Shin,

Jennifer Furin,

Félix Alcántara,

Epifanio Sánchez,

Madeleny Sarria,

Mercedes C. Becerra,

Mary C. Smith Fawzi,

Saidi Kapiga,

Doneuberg,

James H. Maguire,

Jim Yong Kim,

Paul Farmer

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

new england journal of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889

H-Index - 1030

eISSN - 1533-4406

pISSN - 0028-4793

DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa022928

Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , tuberculosis , pyrazinamide , ethambutol , surgery , regimen , confidence interval , proportional hazards model , mycobacterium tuberculosis , pathology

Despite the prevalence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in nearly all low-income countries surveyed, effective therapy has been deemed too expensive and considered not to be feasible outside referral centers. We evaluated the results of community-based therapy for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in a poor section of Lima, Peru.

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