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Drug-Associated Adverse Events and Their Relationship with Outcomes in Patients Receiving Treatment for Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in South Africa

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Title
Drug-Associated Adverse Events and Their Relationship with Outcomes in Patients Receiving Treatment for Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in South Africa
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PLOS ONE, May 2013
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0063057
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Karen Shean, Elizabeth Streicher, Elize Pieterson, Greg Symons, Richard van Zyl Smit, Grant Theron, Rannakoe Lehloenya, Xavier Padanilam, Paul Wilcox, Tommie C. Victor, Paul van Helden, Martin Groubusch, Robin Warren, Motasim Badri, Keertan Dheda

Abstract

Treatment-related outcomes in patients with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) are poor. However, data about the type, frequency and severity of presumed drug-associated adverse events (AEs) and their association with treatment-related outcomes in patients with XDR-TB are scarce.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
South Africa 2 1%
Malaysia 1 <1%
Unknown 174 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 39 22%
Researcher 27 15%
Student > Bachelor 18 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 17 10%
Student > Postgraduate 13 7%
Other 29 16%
Unknown 34 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 72 41%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 11 6%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 9 5%
Immunology and Microbiology 7 4%
Other 22 12%
Unknown 46 26%