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Profile and Response to Anti-Tuberculosis Treatment among Elderly Tuberculosis Patients Treated under the TB Control Programme in South India

INTRODUCTION: The demographic transition in India has resulted in an increase in the elderly population. There is limited data on the profile of elderly tuberculosis (TB) patients and their treatment outcomes in India. OBJECTIVE: To compare the clinical profile, presentation and response to anti-TB...

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Autores principales:	Velayutham, Banu Rekha Vaithilingam, Nair, Dina, Chandrasekaran, Vedachalam, Raman, Balambal, Sekar, Gomathy, Watson, Basilea, Charles, Niruparani, Malaisamy, Muniyandi, Thomas, Aleyamma, Swaminathan, Soumya
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2014
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3949670/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24618888 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088045

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