High tuberculosis treatment success in Kabul, Afghanistan despite high patient transfers out
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High tuberculosis treatment success in Kabul, Afghanistan despite high patient transfers out.
The National Tuberculosis (TB) Institute has the highest patient transfer-out rate in Afghanistan, but the result and treatment outcome of transferred patients were unknown in 2009. This operational research investigated the characteristics and treatment outcome of all transferred-out patients living in Kabul province. We analysed the 1-year TB register of the Institute (n = 1180 cases) and vis...
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عنوان ژورنال: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1020-3397,1687-1634
DOI: 10.26719/2013.19.8.694