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Adherence to Anti-tuberculosis treatment and treatment outcomes among tuberculosis patients in Alamata District, northeast Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: Non-adherence to tuberculosis (TB) treatment can result in an emergence of new strains, prolonged infectiousness, drug resistance and poor treatment outcomes. Thus, assessment of the level of adherence to anti-TB treatment, treatment outcomes and identifying factors associated with non-a...

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Autores principales:	Tesfahuneygn, Gebrehiwet, Medhin, Girmay, Legesse, Mengistu
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2015
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4588463/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26420164 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-015-1452-x

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