Erratum to: High pre-diagnosis attrition among patients with presumptive MDR-TB: an operational research from Bhopal district, India
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Author details International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), South-East Asia Office, New Delhi, India. Department of Community Medicine and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhopal, India. State TB cell, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Bhopal, India. World Health Organization, Country Office in India, New Delhi, India. Department of Community Ophthalmology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India. International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France.
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High pre-diagnosis attrition among patients with presumptive MDR-TB: an operational research from Bhopal district, India
BACKGROUND Pre-diagnosis attrition needs to be addressed urgently if we are to make progress in improving MDR-TB case detection and achieve universal access to MDR-TB care. We report the pre-diagnosis attrition, along with factors associated, and turnaround times related to the diagnostic pathway among patient with presumptive MDR-TB in Bhopal district, central India (2014). METHODS Study was...
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