Pulmonary resection for patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: systematic review and meta-analysis | Zendy

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Pulmonary resection for patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: systematic review and meta-analysis

Author(s) -

Hongbin Xu,

Rui-Hua Jiang,

L. Li

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkr210

Subject(s) - medicine , meta analysis , confidence interval , tuberculosis , subgroup analysis , pulmonary tuberculosis , surgery , intensive care medicine , pathology

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has become an emerging global public health crisis. Several studies have suggested that pulmonary resection has efficacy in the treatment of MDR-TB. A systematic review of the available therapeutic studies was conducted to determine the treatment outcome among patients with MDR-TB who underwent pulmonary resection.

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