Global treatment outcomes of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Historically, extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis has been notoriously difficult to treat with devasting outcomes. As we are coming to the end of an era where the 2006 extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis definitions and old treatment regimens are being replaced, we aimed to estimate the proportion of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis patients globally who achieved successful treatment outcomes.

Source: Journal of Infection - June 22, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Ole Skouvig Pedersen, Freja Breth Holmgaard, Mads Kristian Duborg Mikkelsen, Christoph Lange, Giovanni Sotgiu, Troels Lillebaek, Aase Bengaard Andersen, Christian Morberg Wejse, Victor Naestholt Dahl Source Type: research