Serious treatment related adverse drug reactions amongst anti-retroviral naïve MDR-TB patients.

BACKGROUND: Globally treatment outcomes for multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MDR-TB) remain poor and this is compounded by high drug toxicity. Little is known about the influence of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) on treatment outcomes in South Africa. METHODS: We evaluated the impact o...

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Main Authors: Martha Van der Walt, Johanna Lancaster, Ronel Odendaal, Jeanne Garcia Davis, Karen Shean, Jason Farley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3615995?pdf=render