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Impact of Community-Based DOT on Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

BACKGROUND: Poor adherence to tuberculosis (TB) treatment can lead to prolonged infectivity and poor treatment outcomes. Directly observed treatment (DOT) seeks to improve adherence to TB treatment by observing patients while they take their anti-TB medication. Although community-based DOT (CB-DOT)...

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Autores principales: Zhang, HaiYang, Ehiri, John, Yang, Huan, Tang, Shenglan, Li, Ying
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4744041/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26849656
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147744