Early Outcomes Of Decentralized Care for Rifampicin-Resistant Tuberculosis in Johannesburg, South Africa: An Observational Cohort Study.
Rebecca H BerhanuKathryn SchnippelErika MohrKamban HirasenDenise EvansSydney RosenIan SannePublished in: PloS one (2016)
Access to decentralized treatment coupled with the rapid diagnosis of RR-TB has resulted in short time to treatment initiation. Despite the lack of treatment delays, early treatment outcomes remain poor with high rates of death and loss from care.