Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine

Arivudainambi Periasamy

Publications

• Research Article
  Predictors of Outcome in Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients
  Author(s): Arivudainambi PeriasamyArivudainambi Periasamy
  
  Introduction: Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB) is a major public health problem due to longer duration of treatment and unfavourable outcome in comparison with sensitive TB. Aim: Registered Drug resistant tuberculosis (DRTB) patients were prospectively followed from 2011-2015. Analysis of treatment outcomes was by done by their demographic and clinical data which were hypothesized to be outcome predictors. Methods: Logistic regression and univariate logistic regression were used upon data of patients registered for MDRTB treatment in Trichy district Tamilnadu, India. Totally 63 MDRTB patients were treated from 2011-15. Outcomes were reported as success & failure. Success included cured and treatment completed patients and Failure included treatment failure, death, defaulted, untraceable cases. SPSS 21 was us.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-105X.1000391

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