Factors Influencing Tuberculosis Treatment Interruptions
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چکیده
Tuberculosis (TB) is infectious but curable. In South Africa, TB treatment is free of charge at clinic level. However, many patients do not complete their treatment and develop multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) and extensive drug resistant TB (XDR-TB) which is very expensive to treat and can be fatal. The researcher was therefore prompted to investigate how TB patients perceived the disease and its treatment and why they interrupted their treatment. The findings of this study can be used to identify problems contributing to the interruption of TB treatment.
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