Patient and Doctor Delays in Smear-Negative and Smear-Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients Attending a Referral Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey

Objectives. To measure delays from onset of symptoms to initiation of treatment in patients with smear-negative and smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis and to identify reasons for these delays. Methods. A total of 136 newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis patients were interviewed using a structu...

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Autores principales: Ekinci, Gulbanu Horzum, Karakaya, Esra, Ongel, Esra Akkutuk, Haciomeroglu, Osman, Yilmaz, Adnan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4212553/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25379517
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/158186

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4212553/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25379517
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/158186

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