Predictors of unfavourable treatment outcome in patients diagnosed with drug-resistant tuberculosis in the Torres Strait / Papua New Guinea border region

J’Belle Foster; Diana Mendez; Ben J. Marais; Dunstan Peniyamina; Emma S. McBryde

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0266436

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Predictors of unfavourable treatment outcome in patients diagnosed with drug-resistant tuberculosis in the Torres Strait / Papua New Guinea border region

J’Belle Foster ,

Contributed equally to this work with: J’Belle Foster, Diana Mendez, Emma S. McBryde

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

* E-mail: jbelle.foster@my.jcu.edu.au

Affiliations James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, Torres and Cape Tuberculosis Control Unit, Thursday Island, Queensland, Australia, Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4943-4315

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Diana Mendez ,

Contributed equally to this work with: J’Belle Foster, Diana Mendez, Emma S. McBryde

Roles Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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Ben J. Marais ,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

¶‡ BJM and DP also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Sydney Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
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Dunstan Peniyamina ,

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

¶‡ BJM and DP also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Cairns Tropical Public Health Service, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
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Emma S. McBryde

Contributed equally to this work with: J’Belle Foster, Diana Mendez, Emma S. McBryde

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, Torres and Cape Tuberculosis Control Unit, Thursday Island, Queensland, Australia, Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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Predictors of unfavourable treatment outcome in patients diagnosed with drug-resistant tuberculosis in the Torres Strait / Papua New Guinea border region

J’Belle Foster,
Diana Mendez,
Ben J. Marais,
Dunstan Peniyamina,
Emma S. McBryde

Published: December 9, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266436

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