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Prevalence and risk factors of drug-resistant extrapulmonary tuberculosis.

Viboon BoonsarngsukKhattiya MangkangPitak Santanirand
Published in: The clinical respiratory journal (2018)
The prevalence of DR-EPTB was high in patients who had concomitant PTB. Although the prevalences of rifampicin- and multidrug-resistant TB were low in isolated EPTB, the prevalence of isoniazid-resistant TB remained high. Therefore, drug susceptibility testing should be performed in EPTB patients, especially those who carry the aforementioned risk factors.
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