Shorter antibiotic regimens impact the control efforts in high tuberculosis burden regions of Taiwan
Objectives: To assess the potential epidemiological impact and cost-effectiveness of shorter antibiotic regimens in high tuberculosis (TB) burden regions of Taiwan. Methods: This study combined the TB population dynamic model and cost-effectiveness analysis with local data to simulate the disease bu...
Main Authors: | Yi-Jun Lin, Hsing-Chieh Lin, Ying-Fei Yang, Chi-Yun Chen, Tien-Hsuan Lu, Chung-Min Liao |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Elsevier
2020-08-01
|
Series: | International Journal of Infectious Diseases |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971220303891 |
Similar Items
-
Limited Scope of Shorter Drug Regimen for MDR TB Caused by High Resistance to Fluoroquinolone
by: Pravin K. Singh, et al.
Published: (2019-09-01) -
Applicability of the shorter ‘Bangladesh regimen’ in high multidrug-resistant tuberculosis settings
by: Giovanni Sotgiu, et al.
Published: (2017-03-01) -
Treatment of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Current Status
by: Rajendra Prasad, et al.
Published: (2021-04-01) -
Effectiveness and Safety of a Shorter Treatment Regimen in a Setting with a High Burden of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
by: Aleksandr Trubnikov, et al.
Published: (2021-04-01) -
Initial resistance to companion drugs should not be considered an exclusion criterion for the shorter multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment regimen
by: Pauline Lempens, et al.
Published: (2020-11-01)