Treatment Outcomes for Adolescents With Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Lima, Peru.
Treatment outcomes for adolescents with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis are rarely reported and, to date, have been poor. Among 90 adolescents from Lima, Peru, 68 (75.6%) achieved cure or completion of treatment. Unsuccessful treatment was less common in the Peru cohort than previously described in the literature.
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Dylan B
DB
Tierney
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
Meredith B
MB
Milstein
Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
Justin
J
Manjourides
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Jennifer J
JJ
Furin
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Carole D
CD
Mitnick
adolescent medicine; drug-resistance; infectious diseases; treatment; tuberculosis