Risk factors for poor outcomes in patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis: a 6-year multicenter prospective study in Zhejiang, China
The treatment success rate of DR-TB patients in this study reached that of the WHO standard treatment (75%). Physicians should be alert to the possibility of poor outcomes in DR-TB patients with old age, previous TB treatment history, higher TB severity score, MDR/RR-TB or pre-XDR-TB.
Authors
- Yanwan Shangguan
- Zhongkang Ji
- Bing Ruan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4114-816X)
- Songhua Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0858-3664)
- Cheng Ding (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7760-1814)
- Xuewen Feng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7622-7602)
- Kaijin Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8126-5008)
- Hongbin Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7813-1332)
- Ying Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5908-307X)
- Zebao He
- Wanru Guo
Institutions
- Wenzhou Medical University (CN)
- Zhejiang Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- Dongyang People's Hospital (CN)
- Zhejiang Taizhou Hospital (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-03-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-025-10802-z
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.19
Funders
- Jinhua Science and Technology Bureau
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
- Science and Technology Plan Project of Taizhou