Community-based treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 2010

T Heller, and R J Lessells, and C G Wallrauch, and T Bärnighausen, and G S Cooke, and L Mhlongo, and I Master, and M L Newell
Hlabisa Hospital, Hlabisa, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. rlessells@africacentre.ac.za

METHODS Hlabisa health sub-district, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. OBJECTIVE To describe the establishment of a community-based multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) treatment programme embedded in the district TB control programme and to evaluate whether early outcomes are comparable to those in the traditional hospital-based model of care. METHODS Cases who initiated community-based MDR-TB treatment (CM) between March and December 2008 were compared with patients who initiated MDR-TB treatment under the traditional hospital-based model of care (TM) between January 2001 and February 2008. Time to initiation of treatment and time to sputum smear and culture conversion were compared for the two groups in Kaplan-Meier survival curves using the Mantel-Cox log-rank test. RESULTS Overall, 50 CM cases and 57 TM cases were included; 39 of the 50 CM cases (78.0%) were human immunodeficiency virus positive. The median time to initiation of treatment was 84 days for CM and 106.5 days for TM (P = 0.002). Median time to sputum smear conversion was shorter for CM than TM (59 vs. 92 days, P = 0.055), as was time to sputum culture conversion (85 vs. 119 days, P = 0.002). CONCLUSIONS Community-based treatment for MDR-TB can be implemented within the existing TB control programme in rural South Africa and should be scaled up where resources allow.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D010044 Outpatient Clinics, Hospital Organized services in a hospital which provide medical care on an outpatient basis. Ambulatory Care Facilities, Hospital,Hospital Outpatient Clinics,Clinic, Hospital Outpatient,Clinics, Hospital Outpatient,Hospital Outpatient Clinic,Outpatient Clinic, Hospital
D003153 Community Health Services Diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive health services provided for individuals in the community. Community Health Care,Community Healthcare,Health Services, Community,Services, Community Health,Community Health Service,Health Care, Community,Health Service, Community,Healthcare, Community,Service, Community Health
D003906 Developing Countries Countries in the process of change with economic growth, that is, an increase in production, per capita consumption, and income. The process of economic growth involves better utilization of natural and human resources, which results in a change in the social, political, and economic structures. LMICs,Less-Developed Countries,Low Income Countries,Low and Middle Income Countries,Lower-Middle-Income Country,Middle Income Countries,Third-World Countries,Under-Developed Countries,Developing Nations,Least Developed Countries,Less-Developed Nations,Third-World Nations,Under-Developed Nations,Countries, Middle Income,Countries, Third-World,Country, Least Developed,Country, Less-Developed,Country, Low Income,Country, Lower-Middle-Income,Country, Middle Income,Country, Third-World,Country, Under-Developed,Developed Country, Least,Developing Country,Developing Nation,Least Developed Country,Less Developed Countries,Less Developed Nations,Less-Developed Country,Less-Developed Nation,Low Income Country,Lower Middle Income Country,Lower-Middle-Income Countries,Middle Income Country,Nation, Less-Developed,Nation, Third-World,Nation, Under-Developed,Third World Countries,Third World Nations,Third-World Country,Third-World Nation,Under Developed Countries,Under Developed Nations,Under-Developed Country,Under-Developed Nation
D005260 Female Females
D006297 Health Services Accessibility The degree to which individuals are inhibited or facilitated in their ability to gain entry to and to receive care and services from the health care system. Factors influencing this ability include geographic, architectural, transportational, and financial considerations, among others. Access To Care, Health,Access to Care,Access to Contraception,Access to Health Care,Access to Health Services,Access to Medications,Access to Medicines,Access to Therapy,Access to Treatment,Accessibility of Health Services,Availability of Health Services,Contraception Access,Contraceptive Access,Medication Access,Accessibility, Health Services,Contraceptive Availability,Health Services Geographic Accessibility,Program Accessibility,Access to Cares,Access to Contraceptions,Access to Medication,Access to Medicine,Access to Therapies,Access to Treatments,Access, Contraception,Access, Contraceptive,Access, Medication,Accessibilities, Health Services,Accessibility, Program,Availability, Contraceptive,Care, Access to,Cares, Access to,Contraception, Access to,Contraceptive Accesses,Health Services Availability,Medication Accesses,Medication, Access to,Medicine, Access to,Medicines, Access to,Therapy, Access to,Treatment, Access to
D006760 Hospitalization The confinement of a patient in a hospital. Hospitalizations
D006767 Hospitals, District Government-controlled hospitals which represent the major health facility for a designated geographic area. District Hospitals,District Hospital,Hospital, District
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000995 Antitubercular Agents Drugs used in the treatment of tuberculosis. They are divided into two main classes: "first-line" agents, those with the greatest efficacy and acceptable degrees of toxicity used successfully in the great majority of cases; and "second-line" drugs used in drug-resistant cases or those in which some other patient-related condition has compromised the effectiveness of primary therapy. Anti-Tuberculosis Agent,Anti-Tuberculosis Agents,Anti-Tuberculosis Drug,Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs,Antitubercular Agent,Antitubercular Drug,Tuberculostatic Agent,Tuberculostatic Agents,Antitubercular Drugs,Agent, Anti-Tuberculosis,Agent, Antitubercular,Agent, Tuberculostatic,Anti Tuberculosis Agent,Anti Tuberculosis Agents,Anti Tuberculosis Drug,Anti Tuberculosis Drugs,Drug, Anti-Tuberculosis,Drug, Antitubercular

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