Validating the surgical indication value of the LTB-S classification system for drug resistant tuberculosis

• Published in: International journal of infectious diseases Vol. 95; pp. 67 - 73
• Main Authors: Lin, Wang, Yifei, Wang, Zilu, Wen, Fan, Xia, Hui, Chen, Yijun, Zhu, Heping, Xiao, Shuihua, Lu, Xiyong, Dai, Haijiang, Wang, Chaolin, Huang, Wei, Chang, Ka-Wing, Wong, Yanzheng, Song
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2020; Elsevier
• Subjects: Complication; Extensively drug resistant tuberculosis; LTB-S; Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis; Surgery; Treatment outcome; Treatment outcome; XDR- TB; Extensively drug resistant tuberculosis; LTB-S; Surgery; Complication; MDR-TB; Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis; WHO

•We propose a patient classification system for resection of pulmonary tuberculosis based on lesion(s), treatment history, body and surgery (LTB-S), a scoring system based on objective clinical parameters for judging the prognosis of adjunctive surgery.•We found that LTB-S showed predictive value fo...