Effectiveness and Safety of Short-term Regimen for Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis Treatment: A Systematic Review of Cohort Studies.

This systematic review explores the effectiveness and safety of a short-term regimen (STR) in treating multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). We use several cohort studies which were searched using standardized Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses. The keywords were used based on problem, intervention, comparison, and outcome consisted of MDR-TB and STR.