An Evaluation of Treatment Outcomes in a Cohort of Clients on the DOTS Strategy, 2012–2016

We present, for the first time, an evaluation of treatment outcomes in a cohort at a TB referral centre in the Central Region of Ghana. Of the 213 clients placed on DOTS, 59.2% (126/213) were sputum smear-positive. An overall cure rate of 90.2% (51.6% cured + 37.6% completed) and a death rate of 8.5...

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Autores principales: Tetteh, Ato Kwamena, Agyarko, Edward, Otchere, Joseph, Bimi, Langbong, Ayi, Irene
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5832068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29666702
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4287842

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5832068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29666702
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4287842

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