Quantitative Drug-Susceptibility in Patients Treated for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Bangladesh: Implications for Regimen Choice

Scott K. Heysell; Shahriar Ahmed; Sara Sabrina Ferdous; Md. Siddiqur Rahman Khan; S. M. Mazidur Rahman; Jean Gratz; Md. Toufiq Rahman; Asif Mujtaba Mahmud; Eric R. Houpt; Sayera Banu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0116795

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Quantitative Drug-Susceptibility in Patients Treated for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Bangladesh: Implications for Regimen Choice

Scott K. Heysell ,

* E-mail: skh8r@virginia.edu

¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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Shahriar Ahmed ,

¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Mycobacteriology Laboratory, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Sara Sabrina Ferdous,

Affiliation Mycobacteriology Laboratory, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Md. Siddiqur Rahman Khan,

Affiliation Mycobacteriology Laboratory, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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S. M. Mazidur Rahman,

Affiliation Mycobacteriology Laboratory, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Jean Gratz,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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Md. Toufiq Rahman,

Affiliation Mycobacteriology Laboratory, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Asif Mujtaba Mahmud,

Affiliation National Institute of Diseases of Chest and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Eric R. Houpt,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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Sayera Banu

Affiliation Mycobacteriology Laboratory, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Quantitative Drug-Susceptibility in Patients Treated for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Bangladesh: Implications for Regimen Choice

Scott K. Heysell,
Shahriar Ahmed,
Sara Sabrina Ferdous,
Md. Siddiqur Rahman Khan,
S. M. Mazidur Rahman,
Jean Gratz,
Md. Toufiq Rahman,
Asif Mujtaba Mahmud,
Eric R. Houpt,
Sayera Banu

Published: February 24, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116795

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