Improving detection and notification of tuberculosis cases in students in Shaanxi province, China: an intervention studyTianhua Zhang
Shaanxi Provincial Institute for TB Control and Prevention, Xi an, Shaanxi Province, PR China
BMC Public Health 11:147. 2011
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Factors associated with low cure rate of tuberculosis in remote poor areas of Shaanxi Province, China: a case control studyXianqin Ai
The Department of Epidemiology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi an, Shaanxi Province, China
BMC Public Health 10:112. 2010
..However in 30 (28%) out of 107 counties of Shaanxi province the cure rate was below 85%. This study aimed to investigate patient and treatment characteristics associated with non-cure after tuberculosis (TB) treatment in these counties...
Availability of second-line drugs and anti-tuberculosis drug susceptibility testing in China: a situational analysisG X He
National Center for TB control and prevention, China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 14:884-9. 2010
..To assess the availability of second-line drugs (SLDs) and the use of drug susceptibility testing (DST) results for the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) in China...
Infection control and the burden of tuberculosis infection and disease in health care workers in china: a cross-sectional studyGuang Xue He
National Center for TB control and prevention, China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Changping District 102206, Beijing, China
BMC Infect Dis 10:313. 2010
..We evaluated TB infection control practices, and the prevalence of latent TB infection (LTBI) and TB disease and risk factors in health care workers (HCW) in TB centers in Henan province in China...
Inappropriate tuberculosis treatment regimens in Chinese tuberculosis hospitalsGuang Xue He
National Center for TB control and prevention, China Center for Disease Control and Prevention Beijing 102206, PR China
Clin Infect Dis 52:e153-6. 2011
..Adherence to treatment guidelines needs to be improved in TB hospitals to control multidrug-resistant TB in China...
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, People's Republic of China, 2007-2009Guang Xue He
Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People s Republic of China
Emerg Infect Dis 17:1831-8. 2011
..A large percentage of MDR TB cases seemed to result from recent transmission. Early detection, effective treatment, and infection control measures for MDR TB are needed to reduce transmission...
Prevalence of tuberculosis drug resistance in 10 provinces of ChinaGuang Xue He
National Center for TB control and prevention, China Center for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, Beijing, PR China
BMC Infect Dis 8:166. 2008
..The emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) hampers TB control. Ten provinces in China performed drug resistance surveys among tuberculosis (TB) patients in 1996-2004 to assess levels of drug resistance...
Follow-up of patients with multidrug resistant tuberculosis four years after standardized first-line drug treatmentGuang Xue He
National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, China Center for Disease Control and Prevention China CDC, Beijing, China
PLoS ONE 5:e10799. 2010
..Multi-drug resistant (MDR) TB was detected in 7.2% of new and 30.4% of retreatment patients. All received treatment with standardized first-line drug (FLD) regimens...