TB (Therapy)

Rampant MDR-TB Spread Could Be Controlled with DOTS

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, August 23rd, 1999

The epidemic of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the former Soviet Union's prisons could be halted with an aggressive program of directly observed therapy, researchers suggest.

Ever escalating rates of tuberculosis, including multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), have been reported from the former Soviet Union.

Belgium's Institute of Tropical Medicine has supported operational studies in jails in Baku, Azerbaijan, and Mariinsk, Siberia.

"Combining the results from these two penal systems, the rates of MDR-TB among 'newly enrolled' and 'non-responding' cases were determined to be 24.6 percent and 92.1 percent,...

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