Treatment quality and outcome for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients in four regions of China: a cohort study

Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Xu-Bin ZhengBiao Xu

Abstract

China incurs an extremely low treatment coverage of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). This study aimed to understand the experience of MDR-TB patients on quality of health care, and the clinical impact through an up to six-year follow-up. Cohorts of MDR-TB patients were built in TB/MDR-TB designated hospitals in four regions of China from 2014 to 2015. Patients were followed up during treatment course, and yearly confirmation afterward until 2019. Delay in MDR-TB diagnosis and treatment was calculated upon bacteriological confirmation and treatment initiation. Risk factors for unfavourable outcomes were identified by multivariate logistic regression. Among 1168 bacteriological-positive TB patients identified from a 12-million population, 58 (5.0%) MDR-TB cases were detected. The median delay for MDR-TB diagnosis was 90.0 days, with 13.8% having a delay above 180.0 days. MDR-TB treatment was only recommended to 19 (32.8%) participants, while the rest continued with regimen for drug-susceptible TB. In MDR-TB treatment group, 36.8% achieved treatment success, while the others had incomplete treatment (21.1%), loss to follow-up (36.8%) and TB relapse (5.3%). For non-MDR-TB treatment group, 33.3% succeeded, 25.6% relapsed, ...Continue Reading

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Apr 6, 2021·Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology·Yan ShaoCheng Chen

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