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Volume 21, Number 6—June 2015
CME ACTIVITY - Research

Acquired Drug Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Poor Outcomes among Patients with Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis

Russell R. KempkerComments to Author , Maia Kipiani, Veriko Mirtskhulava, Nestani Tukvadze, Matthew J. Magee, and Henry M. Blumberg
Author affiliations: Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (R.R. Kempker, H.M. Blumberg); National Center for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Tbilisi, Georgia (M. Kipiani, N. Tukvadze); Davit Tvildiani Medical University, Tbilisi (V. Mirtskhulava); Georgia State University School of Public Health, Atlanta (M.J. Magee)

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Final treatment outcomes for patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB), by acquired drug resistance status, Georgia, March 2009–October 2012. LFU, loss to follow up. *15 of 44 patients were culture positive at time of LFU, including all 6 patients with acquired resistance.

Figure 2. Final treatment outcomes for patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB), by acquired drug resistance status, Georgia, March 2009–October 2012. LFU, loss to follow up. *15 of 44 patients were culture positive at time of LFU, including all 6 patients with acquired resistance.

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