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Diagnostic and treatment delay among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

BACKGROUND: Delayed diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) results in severe disease and a higher mortality. It also leads to an increased period of infectivity in the community. The objective of this study was to determine the length of delays, and analyze the factors affecting the delay from...

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Autores principales: Yimer, Solomon, Bjune, Gunnar, Alene, Getu
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1326202/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16343350
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-5-112