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Drug resistance and its risk factors among extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Getu DiribaHabteyes Hailu TolaAyinalem AlemuBazezew YenewDinka Fikadu GamtesaAbebaw Kebede
Published in: PloS one (2021)
The current review has identified a high proportion of resistance to rifampicin, isoniazid, and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Ethiopia. Clinicians should request drug susceptibility testing for all patients with presumptive extrapulmonary tuberculosis to detect drug-resistance.
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