BACKGROUND: We conducted a cohort study to compare the characteristics of @entity6371 with @entity6371 @entity1 and to measure long term (9-year) mortality rate and determine factors associated with @entity204 in China. METHODS: We reviewed the medical records of 250 @entity1906 cases from a 2001 survey to compare 100 @entity6371 @entity1 with 150 @entity6371 @entity1 who were treated in 2001-2002. Baseline attributes extracted from the records were compared between the two cohorts and long-term mortality and risk factors were determined at nine-year follow-up in 2010. RESULTS: Among the 234 @entity1 successfully followed up, 63 (26.9%) were female and 171 (73.1 %) were male. @entity6371 @entity1 had poorer socioeconomic status compared to non-MDRTB. Nine years after the diagnosis of @entity1906 , 69 or 29.5 % of the 234 @entity1 had died (32 or 21.6 % of @entity6371 versus 37 or 43.0 % of @entity6371 ) and the overall mortality rate was 39/1000 per year (PY) (27/1000 PY among non-MDR versus 63/1000 PY among @entity6371 ). Factors associated with @entity204 included: MDR status (hazard ratio (HR): 1.86; CI: 1.09-3.13), limited education of primary school or lower (HR: 2.51; CI 1.34-4.70) and received @entity1906 treatment during the nine-year period (HR 1.82; 95 % CI 1.02-3.26). CONCLUSIONS: @entity6371 was a strong predictor for poor long-term outcome. High quality diagnosis and treatment must be ensured. Greater reimbursement or free treatment may be needed to provide access for the poor and vulnerable populations, and to increase treatment compliance.

Comparison of characteristics and mortality in multidrug resistant (MDR) and non-MDR tuberculosis XXXX in China.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity1906 :: ('MESH:D014390', 'Disease') :: ['TB'] @entity6371 :: ('MESH:D018088', 'Disease') :: ['MDR-TB', 'non-MDR-TB'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['death']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['patients']
