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Diagnostic dilemma: treatment outcomes of tuberculosis patients with inconsistent rifampicin susceptibility

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11

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0

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2014

Year

Yu Pang, Y-Z. Ruan, Jiuliang Zhao, Chen Chen, CH Xu, Wei‐Juin Su, S-T Huan, R Q Li, Y-L Zhao, D P Chin,
The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Abstract

Patients with discordant RMP DST results who receive second-line regimens may have a better clinical response than those treated with the first-line regimen. Patients infected with fluoroquinolone-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains were observed to have a significantly higher treatment failure rate.