Incidence of serious side effects from first-line antituberculosis drugs among patients treated for active tuberculosis.

Yee, Daphne; Valiquette, C.; Pelletier, M.; Parisien, I.; Rocher, I.; Menzies, D.

doi:10.1164/RCCM.200206-626OC

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Incidence of Serious Side Effects from First-Line Antituberculosis Drugs among Patients Treated for Active Tuberculosis

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Authors:

Daphne Yee

Chantal Valiquette

Marthe Pelletier

Abstract

Abstract Major adverse reactions to antituberculosis drugs can cause significant morbidity, and compromise treatment regimens for tuberculosis (TB). Among patients treated for active TB we estimated the incidence, and risk factors, of major side effects from first-line anti-TB drugs. Side effects, r...

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