Drug Susceptibility Patterns in MDR-TB Patients: Challenges for Future Regimen Design. A Cross-Sectional Study

• Helen R. Stagg ,

  * E-mail: h.stagg@ucl.ac.uk

  Affiliation Research Department of Infection and Population Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

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• James Brown,

  Affiliations Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, Division of Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Elmira Ibraim ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Elmira Ibraim, Vija Riekstiņa, Piret Viiklepp

  Affiliation Marius Nasta Institute of Pulmonology, Bucharest, Romania

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• Vija Riekstiņa ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Elmira Ibraim, Vija Riekstiņa, Piret Viiklepp

  Affiliations Centre of TB and Lung Diseases, Riga East University Hospital, Riga, Latvia, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

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• Piret Viiklepp ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Elmira Ibraim, Vija Riekstiņa, Piret Viiklepp

  Affiliation Estonian Tuberculosis Registry, National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia

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• Andra Cīrule ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Centre of TB and Lung Diseases, Riga East University Hospital, Riga, Latvia

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• Horia Cocei †,

  † Deceased.

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Marius Nasta Institute of Pulmonology, Bucharest, Romania

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• Manfred Danilovitš ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Lung Clinic, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia

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• Gunta Dravniece,

  Affiliation KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, The Hague, The Netherlands

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• Charlotte Jackson,

  Affiliation Research Department of Infection and Population Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Peter J. White

  Affiliations MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis & Modelling and NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Modelling Methodology, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College School of Public Health, London, United Kingdom, Modelling and Economics Unit, Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, Public Health England, London, United Kingdom

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