Translating drug resistant tuberculosis treatment guidelines to reality in war-torn Kandahar, Afghanistan: A retrospective cohort study.
Anita MesicWaliullah H KhanAnnick LengletLutgarde LynenSadiqqulah IshaqEi Hnin Hnin PhyuHtay Thet MarAnthony OraegbuMohammad Khaled SeddiqHashim Khan AmirzadaJena FernhoutCharity KamauCono AritiDiana GomezTom DecrooPublished in: PloS one (2020)
Even though criteria for the choice of treatment regimen were not applied strictly, we have achieved acceptable outcomes in this cohort. To expand RR-TB care, treatment regimens should fit provision at primary health care level and take patient preferences into account.