Tuberculosis retreatment ‘others’ in comparison with classical retreatment cases; a retrospective cohort review
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Tuberculosis retreatment ‘others’ in comparison with classical retreatment cases; a retrospective cohort review
BACKGROUND Many of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa are still largely dependent on microscopy as the mainstay for diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) including patients with previous history of TB treatment. The available guidance in management of TB retreatment cases is focused on bacteriologically confirmed TB retreatment cases leaving out those classified as retreatment 'others'. Retreatment '...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Public Health
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2195-2