TY - JOUR AU - Kawatsu, Lisa AU - Uchimura, Kazuhiro AU - Izumi, Kiyohiko AU - Ohkado, Akihiro AU - Yoshiyama, Takashi PY - 2018 DA - 2018/08/31 TI - Treatment outcome of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Japan – the first cross-sectional study of Japan tuberculosis surveillance data JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 445 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - Multidrug resistant-tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a major global health concern. Its treatment requires toxic medications, is longer and costlier than drug-susceptible TB, and often results in productivity losses and poor outcomes. In Japan, a TB middle-burden country, reports on treatment outcome of MDR-TB patients have only been institution-based. We thus sought to shed some light on the nationwide treatment status and outcome of MDR-TB patients in Japan. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3353-9 DO - 10.1186/s12879-018-3353-9 ID - Kawatsu2018 ER -