|
Course of disease, outcome |
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| Patient 1 |
Patient 2 |
Patient 3 |
Patient 4 |
|
|
|
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| First time TB diagnosis |
1995 |
1992 |
1985 |
2001 |
| Immigration Date |
August-97 |
July-97 |
March-92 |
March-03 |
| Duration between TB and MDR TB diagnosis |
2 years |
5 years |
12 years |
2 years |
| Duration between MDR TB and XDR TB diagnosis |
2 years |
5 years |
1.3 years |
concurrent |
| Duration between XDR TB diagnosis and end of antituberculous drug therapy in Germany |
2.4 years |
1.9 years |
2 years |
2.5 years |
| Overall length of inhospital treatment in Germany |
4.5 years |
6 years |
6 years |
11 months |
| Outcome |
treatment failure |
cure |
death |
cure |
| Last sputum cultures |
positive |
negative |
positive |
negative |
| Radiologic signs of activity |
present |
not present |
present |
not present |
| Known transmission of XDR strain to contacts |
no |
no |
no |
no |
Blaas et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2008 8:60 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-8-60 |
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