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Is the time taken for sputum cultures to become negative in multidrug-resistant TB related to treatment outcome?
  1. F Morell-Ducos
  1. SHO in Medicine, Homerton University Hospital, London, UK; morellfausto@hotmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2006.la0213

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    ▴ Holtz TH, Sternberg M, Kammerer S, et al. Time to sputum culture conversion in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: predictors and relationship to treatment outcome. Ann Intern Med2006;144: 650–69OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science

    Periodic sputum culture is used to monitor treatment efficacy in multidrug resistant tuberculosis (TB), and conversion of cultures from positive to negative for Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the most important indicator of progress. However, few studies have reported or evaluated sputum culture conversion status as an interim indicator of final treatment …

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