Favorable Outcomes for Multidrug and Extensively Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients Undergoing Surgery

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
2873608	The Annals of Thoracic Surgery	2013	7 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Patients with M/XDR-PTB undergoing adjunctive thoracic surgery had high rates of favorable outcomes, no surgical-related mortality, and low rates of complications. Adjunctive surgery appears to play an important role in the treatment of select patients with M/XDR-PTB.

Keywords

FDA MDR XDR PTB DST Drug susceptibility testing Extensively drug-resistant Tuberculosis Forced expiratory volume World Health Organization Food and Drug Administration Pulmonary tuberculosis body mass index BMI Fev Multidrug-resistant human immunodeficiency virus HIV WHO

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Favorable Outcomes for Multidrug and Extensively Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients Undergoing Surgery

Authors

Sergo MD, PhD, Shota MD, Ketino MD, Nino MD, Nestani MD, Henry M. MD, Russell R. MD, MS,