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Of the 102 suspected TB patients initially enrolled, 13 were rejected for absence of formal proof of active TB as defined by these criteria.
Eight percent of those had "extensively drug resistant" TB, as defined by its resistance to four antibiotics: isoniazid, rifampin, ofloxacin and kanamycin.
The registration documents of each heath centers contain basic information such as patient's age, sex, address, weight, types of TB (as defined above), AFB smear result at base line, 2nd, 5th and 7th month, treatment regimen, treatment started date, treatment stopped date and treatment outcome (as defined above).
Probable TB was defined as clinical signs and symptoms of TB and radiographic findings consistent with intrathoracic TB as defined by Marais et al. [ 25], and either (1) a positive TST or QFT-GIT or (2) histopathologic findings compatible with TB, without positive mycobacterial culture results.
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In another study, in which a simulation patient was used, only two (3.7%) prescriptions out of 53 met the required standards for TB patients as defined by the NTP [ 19].
Our primary outcome of interest was TB infection, as defined by a positive TB culture.
Classical TB outcomes as defined by WHO 28 and Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia: 9 treatment defaulted, interrupted, failure, completed, cured or death.
Outcome of TB treatment as defined by WHO [ 18], CD4 cell count and HIV RNA viral load, and assessment of general health by blood haemoglobin level and BMI at 6 and 12 months of ART were other secondary outcomes.
Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB), especially multidrug-resistant TB [MDR-TB, defined as resistance to at least isoniazid (INH) and rifampicin (RMP ], is a major threat to the control of TB worldwide (1).
Globally, more than 70 countries have reported cases of extremely drug resistant TB (XDR TB), defined as being resistant to at least four of the core anti-TB drugs.
Multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB), defined as resistance to the two most important anti-TB drugs isoniazid and rifampicin, has been found in all regions surveyed and is at critical levels in some areas, particularly among countries of the former Soviet Union.
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