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

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...

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Main Author:	Ahmad, Nafees
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2016
Subjects:	RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica
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spelling	my-usm-ep.454292019-09-17T02:25:13Z Evaluation Of Management, Treatment Outcomes And Health Related Quality Of Life Of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients In Peshawar, Pakistan 2016-12 Ahmad, Nafees RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica 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 2016-12 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/45429/ http://eprints.usm.my/45429/1/NAFEES%20AHMAD.pdf application/pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Sains Farmasi
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description	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
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author	Ahmad, Nafees
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title	Evaluation Of Management, Treatment Outcomes And Health Related Quality Of Life Of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients In Peshawar, Pakistan
title_short	Evaluation Of Management, Treatment Outcomes And Health Related Quality Of Life Of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients In Peshawar, Pakistan
title_full	Evaluation Of Management, Treatment Outcomes And Health Related Quality Of Life Of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients In Peshawar, Pakistan
title_fullStr	Evaluation Of Management, Treatment Outcomes And Health Related Quality Of Life Of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients In Peshawar, Pakistan
title_full_unstemmed	Evaluation Of Management, Treatment Outcomes And Health Related Quality Of Life Of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients In Peshawar, Pakistan
title_sort	evaluation of management, treatment outcomes and health related quality of life of multidrug resistant tuberculosis patients in peshawar, pakistan
granting_institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
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Evaluation Of Management, Treatment Outcomes And Health Related Quality Of Life Of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients In Peshawar, Pakistan

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