Treatment of recurrent pulmonary tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) is a greatest public health problem of the world. This work aims to study the antituberculous treatment and the evolution of the patients with recurrent tuberculosis. The study is a retrospective study on 64 patients with recidivant pulmonary TB: A1 group: at the first TB attack; A...

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Published in:Revue de pneumologie clinique 2012-08, Vol.68 (4), p.233-241
Main Authors: Ben Amar, J, Racil, H, Mami, M, Cheikh Rouhou, S, Zarrouk, M, Chabbou, A
Format: Article
Language:fre
Subjects:
Adult
Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use
Humans
Male
Recurrence
Retrospective Studies
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - drug therapy
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - drug therapy
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Summary:Tuberculosis (TB) is a greatest public health problem of the world. This work aims to study the antituberculous treatment and the evolution of the patients with recurrent tuberculosis. The study is a retrospective study on 64 patients with recidivant pulmonary TB: A1 group: at the first TB attack; A2 group: at the time of recidivant TB, and 105 controls patients with confirmed TB without recidive. Multidrug-resistant TB is more frequent with recidivant TB (21.1% vs 3%, P
ISSN:0761-8417
DOI:10.1016/j.pneumo.2011.10.001