Delayed diagnosis and associated factors among new pulmonary tuberculosis patients diagnosed at the emergency department of a tertiary care hospital in Porto Alegre, South Brazil: a prospective patient recruitment study

BACKGROUND: Control of tuberculosis (TB) depends on early diagnosis and treatment at the primary health care level. However, many patients are still diagnosed late with TB at hospitals. The present study aimed to investigate the delay in diagnosis of TB patients at the emergency department. METHODS:...

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Autores principales: Deponti, Gracieli Nadalon, Silva, Denise Rossato, Coelho, Ana Cláudia, Muller, Alice Mânica, Dalcin, Paulo de Tarso Roth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3840591/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24219185
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-538

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