Culture and drug susceptibility testing among previously treated tuberculosis patients in the Dominican Republic, 2014
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a major public health concern that threatens global progress toward effective TB control
Abstract
Article describes the performance of culture and drug susceptibility testing (DST) in patients registered as previously treated TB patients in the Dominican Republic in 2014, based on operational research that followed a retrospective cohort design and used routine program data.
This research was supported by the UK Department for International Development’s Operational Research Capacity Building Programme led by the International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (The Union)
Citation
Romero Mercado KJ, Marcelino B, Rodríguez M, Verdonck K, Khogali M, Bissell K. Culture and drug susceptibility testing among previously treated tuberculosis patients in the Dominican Republic, 2014. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2016;39(1):60–4.