Evaluation Of Management, Treatment Outcomes And Health Related Quality Of Life Of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients In Peshawar, Pakistan

Ahmad, Nafees (2016) Evaluation Of Management, Treatment Outcomes And Health Related Quality Of Life Of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients In Peshawar, Pakistan. PhD thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.

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Abstract

Globally, Pakistan is a multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) high burden country. Although, programmatic management of drug resistant TB (PMDT) in the country is initiated in 2010, but little is known about the management and treatment outcomes of MDR-TB patients from Pakistan. For this purpose, a total of 298 MDR-TB patients treated at the PMDT unit of Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar were included in an observational cohort study. Patients were followed until a treatment outcome was recorded. The majority of patients (55.8%) were resistant to second line anti-TB drugs (SLD), mainly a fluoroquinolone (52.7%). Patients with previous

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Subjects:	R Medicine > RS Pharmacy and materia medica > RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica
Divisions:	Pusat Pengajian Sains Farmasi (School of Pharmacy) > Thesis
Depositing User:	ASM Ab Shukor Mustapa
Date Deposited:	17 Sep 2019 02:25
Last Modified:	17 Sep 2019 02:25
URI:	http://eprints.usm.my/id/eprint/45429

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