Inappropriate tuberculosis treatment regimens in Chinese tuberculosis hospitals.

Xue He, Guang; van den Hof, Susan; van der Werf, Marieke J; Guo, Hui; Hu, Yuan Lian; Fan, Ji Huan; Zhang, Wei Min; Tostado, Christopher P et al. · Clin Infect Dis · 2011

cross_sectional · Level IV

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Abstract

This investigation of tuberculosis (TB) treatment regimens in 6 TB hospitals in China showed that only 18% of patients with new cases and 9% of patients with retreatment cases were prescribed standard TB treatment regimens. Adherence to treatment guidelines needs to be improved in TB hospitals to control multidrug-resistant TB in China.

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