Risk Factors and Treatment Outcome Analysis Associated with Second-Line Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

• Main Authors: Muralidhar Aaina (Author), Kaliyaperumal Venkatesh (Author), Brammacharry Usharani (Author), Muthukumar Anbazhagi (Author), Gerard Rakesh (Author), Muthaiah Muthuraj (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The present study aimed at analyzing the treatment outcomes and risk factors associated with fluoroquinolone drug resistance having mutations in the <i>gyrA</i> and <i>gyrB</i> genes. A total of 258 pulmonary tuberculosis samples with first-line drug-resistant (H, R, or HR) w...