Prospective Randomized Trial of Six-Month versus Nine-Month Therapy for Intestinal Tuberculosis
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Prospective randomized trial of six-month versus nine-month therapy for intestinal tuberculosis.
Intestinal tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a common disease worldwide. However, the optimal duration of anti-TB medication has not been well established. We therefore compared the efficacy of 6-month and 9-month therapy in the treatment of intestinal TB. Ninety patients definitely diagnosed with intestinal TB were randomized into 6-month (n = 45) or 9-month (n = 45) treatment groups, prospect...
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عنوان ژورنال: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0066-4804,1098-6596
DOI: 10.1128/aac.00874-09