Ambulatory management of pre- and extensively drug resistant tuberculosis patients with imipenem delivered through port-a-cath: A mixed methods study on treatment outcomes and challenges

• Vijay Vinayak Chavan ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: dr.vijayvchavan@gmail.com

  Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders, Mumbai, India

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3563-6896

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• Alpa Dalal,

  Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Jupiter Hospital, Thane, Mumbai, India

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• Sharath Nagaraja,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation ESIC Medical College and PGIMSR, Bengaluru, India

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• Pruthu Thekkur,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Paris, France, The Union South East Asia Office, New Delhi, India

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• Homa Mansoor,

  Roles Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders, Mumbai, India

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• Augusto Meneguim,

  Roles Formal analysis, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders, Mumbai, India

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• Roma Paryani,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders, Mumbai, India

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• Pramila Singh,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders, Mumbai, India

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• Stobdan Kalon,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders, Mumbai, India

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• Mrinalini Das,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders, Mumbai, India

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1354-4299

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• Gabriella Ferlazzo,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Southern Africa Medical Unit, Médecins Sans Frontières, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Petros Isaakidis

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Southern Africa Medical Unit, Médecins Sans Frontières, Cape Town, South Africa

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