Drug treatment of multidrug-resistant osteoarticular tuberculosis: a systematic literature review
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Drug treatment of multidrug-resistant osteoarticular tuberculosis: a systematic literature review.
OBJECTIVE To review the literature in order to determine the best treatment options for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) of the skeletal system. METHODS We searched the PubMed database for all case reports of osteoarticular MDR-TB that provided information on drug treatment and clinical outcome. RESULTS We identified six cases with spinal MDR-TB and seven with extraspinal MDR-TB an...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1201-9712
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.07.011