| Literature DB >> 30698688 |
Kathleen F Walsh1, Stalz Charles Vilbrun2, Ariadne Souroutzidis3, Sobieskye Delva2, Guy Joissaint2, Laurent Mathurin2, Oksana Ocheretina1, Pierre Cremieux3, Jean William Pape2, Serena P Koenig4.
Abstract
We report outcomes for a cohort of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis who received high-dose isoniazid in Haiti. Patients who received high-dose isoniazid had a faster time to culture conversion and higher odds of successful outcome, despite high-level isoniazid resistance. This suggests high-dose isoniazid may have effectiveness even with phenotypic resistance.Entities:
Keywords: MDR-TB; drug resistance; high-dose isoniazid; tuberculosis
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Year: 2019 PMID: 30698688 PMCID: PMC7322692 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz039
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079