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Ambulatory Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes in a Cohort of HIV-Infected Patients in a Slum Setting in Mumbai, India | Journal Article / Research | MSF Science Portal
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Ambulatory Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes in a Cohort of HIV-Infected Patients in a Slum Setting in Mumbai, India

Isaakidis P, Cox HS, Varghese B, Montaldo C, Da Silva E, Mansoor H, Ladomirska J, Sotgiu G, Migliori GB, Pontali E, Saranchuk P, Rodrigues C, Reid AJ
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Abstract
India carries one quarter of the global burden of multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) and has an estimated 2.5 million people living with HIV. Despite this reality, provision of treatment for MDR-TB is extremely limited, particularly for HIV-infected individuals. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been treating HIV-infected MDR-TB patients in Mumbai since May 2007. This is the first report of treatment outcomes among HIV-infected MDR-TB patients in India.

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India

Subject Area

antibiotic resistancetuberculosisantimicrobial resistanceHIV/AIDS

Languages

English
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0028066
Published Date
01 Dec 2011
PubMed ID
22145022
Journal
PLOS One
Volume | Issue | Pages
Volume 6, Issue 12
Issue Date
2011-12-01
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