Drug-associated adverse events and their relationship with outcomes in patients receiving treatment for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa.

<h4>Background</h4>Treatment-related outcomes in patients with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) are poor. However, data about the type, frequency and severity of presumed drug-associated adverse events (AEs) and their association with treatment-related outcomes in patient...

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Main Authors: Karen Shean, Elizabeth Streicher, Elize Pieterson, Greg Symons, Richard van Zyl Smit, Grant Theron, Rannakoe Lehloenya, Xavier Padanilam, Paul Wilcox, Tommie C Victor, Paul van Helden, Martin P Grobusch, Robin Warren, Motasim Badri, Keertan Dheda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23667572/pdf/?tool=EBI