Twenty years of rifampicin resistance surveillance in Bangladesh: periodic vs. continuous monitoring Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
OBJECTIVE: To analyse 20 years of tuberculosis (TB) drug resistance surveillance, comparing conventional periodic random drug resistance surveys with continuous monitoring, in Damien Foundation-supported districts of Bangladesh.
DESIGN: Retrospective study of data on TB drug resistance from five periodic surveys among newly registered patients vs. continuous monitoring of retreatment patients from 1996 to 2016.
RESULTS: ...