Outcome of drug resistant tuberculosis in Indian children. (January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shetty, Naman S.; Bodhanwala, Minnie; Shah, Ira
• Is Part Of: Tropical doctor. Volume 52:Number 1(2022)
• Page Start: 90
• Page End: 94
• Publication Date: 2022-01
• Subjects: Adverse drug reaction -- compliance -- complication -- response -- treatment; Tropical medicine -- Periodicals; Medical care -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Developing Countries -- Periodicals; Tropical Medicine -- Periodicals; Tropische geneeskunde; 616.9883
• DOI: 10.1177/00494755211043852
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0049-4755

Abstract

We aimed to determine the outcome of bacteriologically confirmed drug-resistant (DR) tuberculosis (TB) in 174 children. We found that DR-TB infected children have nonetheless a high treatment completion rate with a low incidence of fatality and treatment failure. Reversible adverse drug reactions are common during therapy.