TY - JOUR T1 - Is the time taken for sputum cultures to become negative in multidrug-resistant TB related to treatment outcome? JF - Thorax JO - Thorax SP - 670 LP - 670 DO - 10.1136/thx.2006.la0213 VL - 61 IS - 8 AU - F Morell-Ducos Y1 - 2006/08/01 UR - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/61/8/670.abstract N2 - ▴ 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 … ER -