Unsuccessful TB treatment outcomes with a focus on HIV co-infected cases: a cross-sectional retrospective record review in a high-burdened province of South Africa

BACKGROUND: South Africa did not meet the MDG targets to reduce TB prevalence and mortality by 50% by 2015, and the TB cure rate remains below the WHO target of 85%. TB incidence in the country is largely fuelled by the HIV epidemic, and co-infected patients are more likely to have unsuccessful TB t...

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Autores principales: Engelbrecht, M. C, Kigozi, N. G, Chikobvu, P., Botha, S., van Rensburg, H. C. J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5504727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28693508
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2406-x

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