Long-term survival of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis according to treatment outcomes

作者：Kwak Nakwon; Yoo Chul Gyu; Kim Young Whan; Han Sung Koo; Yim Jae Joon^*

来源：American Journal of Infection Control, 2016, 44(7): 843-845.

DOI：10.1016/j.ajic.2016.01.012

• Mortality
• Mean survival time
• Treatment failure
• Transmission

Survival times of 219 patients diagnosed with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis were calculated and treatment outcomes compared. Mean survival of 20 patients who failed to be cured was 109.8 months (95% confidence interval [CI], 87.4-132.1), shorter than that of 150 patients who were cured (140.4 months; 95% CI, 136.1-144.7; P < .01) and that of 28 patients classified as treatment completed (138.5 months; 95% CI, 131.0-146.1; P = .02). The results demonstrate that patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis with poor treatment outcomes live 9 years, on average.

• 出版日期2016-7-1