Background: Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) is an ongoing challenge in the Torres Strait Islands (TSI) / Papua New Guinea (PNG) border region. Treatment success rates have historically been poor f
aMultiple logistic analysis, adjusted with covariates chosen by Akaike information criterion (AIC).bTreatment delay: the lag between sputum collection of MDR-TB and start of second-line drug > 120 day
