Barriers to successful tuberculosis treatment in Tomsk, Russian Federation: non-adherence, default and the acquisition of multidrug resistance

• Main Authors: IY Gelmanova (Author), S Keshavjee (Author), VT Golubchikova (Author), VI Berezina (Author), AK Strelis (Author), GV Yanova (Author), S Atwood (Author), M Murray (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE To identify barriers to successful tuberculosis (TB) treatment in Tomsk, Siberia, by analysing individual and programmatic risk factors for non-adherence, default and the acquisition of multidrug resistance in a TB treatment cohort in the Russian Federation. METHODS: We conducted a retrosp...