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Medknow Publications, International Journal of Mycobacteriology, (4), p. 79, 2015

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmyco.2014.10.041

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MDR-TB in Belarus, the role of outpatient care strengthening and social support

Journal article published in 2015 by Alena Skrahina, Valiantsin Rusovich ORCID, Masoud Dara ORCID, Liudmila Zhylevich, Hennadz Hurevich
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Abstract

TB incidence and mortality in Belarus has been progressively falling from 54 to 41 and from 12.1 to 6.8 per 100000, accordingly, for the last 7 years. Nevertheless, the number of HIV/TB co-infected rises dramatically. According to a recent nationwide drug resistance survey, MDR-TB was found in 32.3% of new and in 75.6% of previously treated TB cases. Results of treatment of MDR-TB are far from satisfactory (51% treatment success, 11% deaths).