Evaluation Of Management, Treatment Outcomes And Health Related Quality Of Life Of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients In Peshawar, Pakistan

Globally, Pakistan is a multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) high burden country. Although, programmatic management of drug resistant TB (PMDT) in the country is initiated in 2010, but little is known about the management and treatment outcomes of MDR-TB patients from Pakistan. For this purpose...

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Main Author: Ahmad, Nafees
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Language:English
Published: 2016
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description Globally, Pakistan is a multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) high burden country. Although, programmatic management of drug resistant TB (PMDT) in the country is initiated in 2010, but little is known about the management and treatment outcomes of MDR-TB patients from Pakistan. For this purpose, a total of 298 MDR-TB patients treated at the PMDT unit of Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar were included in an observational cohort study. Patients were followed until a treatment outcome was recorded. The majority of patients (55.8%) were resistant to second line anti-TB drugs (SLD), mainly a fluoroquinolone (52.7%). Patients with previous
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spelling usm-454292019-09-17T02:25:13Z http://eprints.usm.my/45429/ Evaluation Of Management, Treatment Outcomes And Health Related Quality Of Life Of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients In Peshawar, Pakistan Ahmad, Nafees RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica Globally, Pakistan is a multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) high burden country. Although, programmatic management of drug resistant TB (PMDT) in the country is initiated in 2010, but little is known about the management and treatment outcomes of MDR-TB patients from Pakistan. For this purpose, a total of 298 MDR-TB patients treated at the PMDT unit of Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar were included in an observational cohort study. Patients were followed until a treatment outcome was recorded. The majority of patients (55.8%) were resistant to second line anti-TB drugs (SLD), mainly a fluoroquinolone (52.7%). Patients with previous 2016-12 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/45429/1/NAFEES%20AHMAD.pdf Ahmad, Nafees (2016) Evaluation Of Management, Treatment Outcomes And Health Related Quality Of Life Of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients In Peshawar, Pakistan. PhD thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
spellingShingle RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica
Ahmad, Nafees
Evaluation Of Management, Treatment Outcomes And Health Related Quality Of Life Of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients In Peshawar, Pakistan
title Evaluation Of Management, Treatment Outcomes And Health Related Quality Of Life Of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients In Peshawar, Pakistan
title_full Evaluation Of Management, Treatment Outcomes And Health Related Quality Of Life Of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients In Peshawar, Pakistan
title_fullStr Evaluation Of Management, Treatment Outcomes And Health Related Quality Of Life Of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients In Peshawar, Pakistan
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation Of Management, Treatment Outcomes And Health Related Quality Of Life Of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients In Peshawar, Pakistan
title_short Evaluation Of Management, Treatment Outcomes And Health Related Quality Of Life Of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients In Peshawar, Pakistan
title_sort evaluation of management, treatment outcomes and health related quality of life of multidrug resistant tuberculosis patients in peshawar, pakistan
topic RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica
url http://eprints.usm.my/45429/
http://eprints.usm.my/45429/1/NAFEES%20AHMAD.pdf