Community-Based Therapy for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Lima, Peru
Authors:
- Carole MitnickCMCarole Mitnick
- Jaime BayonaJBJaime Bayona
- Eda PalaciosEPEda Palacios
- Sonya ShinSSSonya Shin
- Jennifer FurinJFJennifer Furin
- Felix AlcántaraFAFelix Alcántara
- Epifanio SánchezESEpifanio Sánchez
- Madeleny SarriaMSMadeleny Sarria
- Mercedes BecerraMBMercedes Becerra
- Mary C. Smith FawziMFMary C. Smith Fawzi
- Saidi KapigaSKSaidi Kapiga
- Donna NeubergDNDonna Neuberg
- 9 January 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 348 (2) , 119-128
Abstract
Despite the prevalence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in nearly all low-income countries surveyed, effective therapy has been deemed too expensive and considered not to be feasible outside referral centers. We evaluated the results of community-based therapy for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in a poor section of Lima, Peru.Keywords
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