Status of universal drug susceptibility testing in pulmonary tuberculosis patients initiated on treatment in an Urban setting, South India

• Main Authors: Banurekha Velayutham (Author), Lavanya Jayabal (Author), Basilea Watson (Author), Saraswathy Jagadeesan (Author), Chandra Suresh (Author), Dina Nair (Author), Radha Gopalaswamy (Author), Bella Devaleenal (Author), Sriram Selvaraju (Author), Chandrasekaran Padmapriyadarsini (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Early initiation of drug susceptibility testing (DST) guided anti-tuberculosis treatment benefits the patient in terms of better treatment outcomes and possibly reduces the transmission of tuberculosis (TB) disease in the community. To determine the status of universal DST (UDST) cover...