Determinants of Treatment Adherence Among Smear-Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Southern Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: Defaulting from treatment remains a challenge for most tuberculosis control programmes. It may increase the risk of drug resistance, relapse, death, and prolonged infectiousness. The aim of this study was to determine factors predicting treatment adherence among smear-positive pulmonary...

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Autores principales: Shargie, Estifanos Biru, Lindtjørn, Bernt
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1796905/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17298164
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040037

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1796905/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17298164
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040037

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