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Determinants of treatment completion among rural smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients: a cross-sectional survey conducted in south-western Uganda

BACKGROUND: Treatment completion among tuberculosis patients remains low across various regions of Uganda, despite implementation of directly observed treatment short course. This study evaluated the determinants of treatment completion in a rural health sub-district of south western Uganda. METHODS...

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Autores principales:	Mulogo, Edgar Mugema, Nahabwe, Christopher, Bagenda, Fred, Batwala, Vincent
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2017
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5496174/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28673359 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-017-0313-3

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