Nancy J. Binkin

TL;DR: Resistance to antituberculosis drugs was found in all 35 countries and regions surveyed, suggesting that it is a global problem.

TL;DR: The survey conducted by the World Health Organization and the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease to assess trends in resistance to antituberculosis drugs in countries on six continents found that for patients with newly diagnosed tuberculosis, the frequency of resistance to at least one antituber tuberculosis drug ranged from 1.7 percent in Uruguay to 36.9 percent in Estonia.

TL;DR: The relationship among cigarette smoking, hemoglobin concentration, and carboxyhemoglobin concentration was examined using data from the Second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey as mentioned in this paper, showing that smoking seems to cause a generalized upward shift of the hemoglobin distribution curve, which reduces the utility of hemoglobin level to detect anemia.

TL;DR: The association between length of treatment and drug resistance may reflect longer treatment as a result of treatment failure in patients with drug resistance; it may also reflect irregular prior treatment for TB, leading to drug resistance.

TL;DR: Birth weight is a strong predictor of weight and height in early childhood, not only for low birth weight children but also for those of normal and high birth weight.