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Delays in diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in Wakiso and Mukono districts, Uganda

BACKGROUND: Delay in tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis may worsen the disease and increase TB transmission. Therefore, timely diagnosis and treatment is critical in TB control. We aimed to assess the treatment delay of pulmonary TB and its determinants in two Ugandan districts where TB infection control (...

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Autores principales:	Buregyeya, Esther, Criel, Bart, Nuwaha, Fred, Colebunders, Robert
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2014
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4078937/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24916459 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-586

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