Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Portugal: Patients' Perception of the Challenges Faced during Treatment

• Main Authors: Marcela Bhering (Author), Vicente Sarubbi Junior (Author), Afrânio Kritski (Author), Fabiana Barbosa Assumpção Souza (Author), Raquel Duarte (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: The increase in drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) threatens global progress in eliminating TB, and constitutes a major challenge for patients, health-care workers and health services. Treatment for multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) can last almost 2 years, and is more expensive, more toxi...