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Determinants of Default from Tuberculosis Treatment among Patients with Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis in Karachi, Pakistan: A Mixed Methods Study

PURPOSE: Non-adherence to tuberculosis therapy can lead to drug resistance, prolonged infectiousness, and death; therefore, understanding what causes treatment default is important. Pakistan has one of the highest burdens of tuberculosis in the world, yet there have been no qualitative studies in Pa...

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Autores principales: Chida, Natasha, Ansari, Zara, Hussain, Hamidah, Jaswal, Maria, Symes, Stephen, Khan, Aamir J., Mohammed, Shama
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4642974/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26562787
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0142384