ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2018
Validity of Time to Sputum Culture Conversion to Predict Cure in Patients with Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: A Retrospective Single-Center Study.
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- Time to sputum culture conversion and its associated factors among drug-resistant tuberculosis patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Pooled it
- Treatment outcomes in cavitary multidrug-resistant/rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis and risk factors for cavity closure: a retrospective cohort study in Southwest China.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Sputum culture conversion and its predictors among drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis patients in eastern Ethiopia.International health · 2025Article
- Predictors of early and interim culture un-conversion in multidrug-resistant/rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis: a retrospective multi-center cohort study in China.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2024Article
- Evaluation of time to sputum smear conversion and its association with treatment outcomes among drug-resistant tuberculosis patients: a retrospective record-reviewing study.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Article
- Frequency, management and impact of adverse events on treatment outcomes in patients with multidrug resistant tuberculosis in Balochistan, Pakistan.Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice · 2024Article
- Characteristics and treatment outcomes of co-infected tuberculosis patients with human immunodeficiency virus in Southeast China, 2012-2021.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Observational
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- Prognostic accuracy of time to sputum culture conversion in predicting cure in extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis patients: a multicentre retrospective observational study.BMC infectious diseases · 2022Observational
- Comparative effectiveness of individualized longer and standardized shorter regimens in the treatment of multidrug resistant tuberculosis in a high burden country.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Article
- Sputum smear conversion and treatment outcomes among drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis patients in eastern Ethiopia: A 9-years data analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Treatment outcomes among childhood extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Pakistan.ERJ open research · 2022Article
- High rate of successful treatment outcomes among childhood rifampicin/multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Pakistan: a multicentre retrospective observational analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2021Observational
- Safety and Effectiveness of an All-Oral, Bedaquiline-Based, Shorter Treatment Regimen for Rifampicin-Resistant Tuberculosis in High Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Burden Rural South Africa: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2021Article
- Effectiveness of Shorter Treatment Regimen in Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients in Pakistan: A Multicenter Retrospective Record Review.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2021Article
- Treatment Outcomes of Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Pakistan: A Countrywide Retrospective Record Review.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2021Article
- Strengthening the response to drug-resistant TB in Pakistan: a practice theory-informed approach.Public health action · 2020Article
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- Predicting the artificial immunity induced by RUTI® vaccine against tuberculosis using universal immune system simulator (UISS).BMC bioinformatics · 2019Article
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Abstract
To evaluate the predictive value of time to sputum culture conversion (SCC) in predicting cure and factors associated with time to SCC and cure in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients, a retrospective study was conducted at programmatic management unit of drug resistant tuberculosis (TB), Peshawar. A total of 428 pulmonary MDR-TB patients enrolled at the study site from January 1, 2012 to August 31, 2014 were followed until treatment outcome was recorded. Survival analysis using Cox proportional hazards model and multivariate binary logistic regression were, respectively, used to identify factors associated with time to SCC and cure. A
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